Distance from the record
This close sat 66.06% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 26 April 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.49 per troy ounce on 26 April 2018, up $0.002 (0.01%) from the previous close of $16.49.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.01% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 66.06% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.35, making this a -4.98% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.49 per troy ounce on 26 April 2018. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $16.49, a move of 0.01%.
The silver price rose on 26 April 2018, gaining $0.00 (0.01%) against the previous session's close of $16.49.
At $16.49 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 26 April 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.8 on 26 April 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 April 2018, silver was around $17.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.49 is a loss of 4.3% over the week.
It closed 66.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.