Distance from the record
This close sat 63.80% 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 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.58 per troy ounce on 3 October 2019, down $0.007 (0.04%) from the previous close of $17.59.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.04% 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 63.80% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.59, making this a +20.53% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.58 per troy ounce on 3 October 2019. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $17.59, a move of -0.04%.
The silver price fell on 3 October 2019, losing $0.01 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $17.59.
At $17.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 3 October 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.7 on 3 October 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 October 2019, silver was around $19.08 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.58 is a loss of 7.8% over the month.
A year before 3 October 2019, silver was around $14.59 per troy ounce. The close of $17.58 therefore represents a rise of 20.5% over twelve months.
It closed 63.80% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.