Distance from the record
This close sat 4.17% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-10-14.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 27 October 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $23.40 per troy ounce on 27 October 2010, down $0.426 (1.79%) from the previous close of $23.82.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 4.17% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-10-14.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.53, making this a +41.54% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.40 per troy ounce on 27 October 2010. That is $0.43 lower than the previous close of $23.82, a move of -1.79%.
The silver price fell on 27 October 2010, losing $0.43 (1.79%) against the previous session's close of $23.82.
At $23.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.75 on 27 October 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.5 on 27 October 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 27 October 2010, silver was around $21.45 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.40 is a gain of 9.1% over the month.
A year before 27 October 2010, silver was around $16.53 per troy ounce. The close of $23.40 therefore represents a rise of 41.5% over twelve months.
It closed 4.17% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-10-14.