Distance from the record
This close sat 69.97% 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 3 October 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.59 per troy ounce on 3 October 2018, down $0.020 (0.14%) from the previous close of $14.61.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.14% 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 69.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.58, making this a -12.01% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.59 per troy ounce on 3 October 2018. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $14.61, a move of -0.14%.
The silver price fell on 3 October 2018, losing $0.02 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $14.61.
At $14.59 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 3 October 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.1 on 3 October 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 3 October 2018, silver was around $16.58 per troy ounce. The close of $14.59 therefore represents a fall of 12.0% over twelve months.
It closed 69.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.