Distance from the record
This close sat 56.41% 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 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 March 2023
Silver closed at $21.18 per troy ounce on 3 October 2023, down $0.040 (0.19%) from the previous close of $21.22.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 56.41% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $20.52, making this a +3.21% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $21.18 per troy ounce on 3 October 2023. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $21.22, a move of -0.19%.
The silver price fell on 3 October 2023, losing $0.04 (0.19%) against the previous session's close of $21.22.
At $21.18 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.68 on 3 October 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.2 on 3 October 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 October 2023, silver was around $22.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.18 is a loss of 7.7% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 56.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.