Distance from the record
This close sat 16.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 3 March 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.31 per troy ounce on 3 March 2010, up $0.265 (1.55%) from the previous close of $17.04.
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 16.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.69, making this a +36.35% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.31 per troy ounce on 3 March 2010. That is $0.26 higher than the previous close of $17.04, a move of 1.55%.
The silver price rose on 3 March 2010, gaining $0.26 (1.55%) against the previous session's close of $17.04.
At $17.31 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 3 March 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.0 on 3 March 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 March 2010, silver was around $15.94 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.31 is a gain of 8.6% over the week.
A month before 3 March 2010, silver was around $16.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.31 is a gain of 6.1% over the month.
A year before 3 March 2010, silver was around $12.69 per troy ounce. The close of $17.31 therefore represents a rise of 36.3% over twelve months.
It closed 16.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.