Distance from the record
This close sat 56.87% 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 4 October 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 March 2023
Silver closed at $20.96 per troy ounce on 4 October 2023, down $0.222 (1.05%) from the previous close of $21.18.
This close extended a run of 4 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 56.87% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 238 of 246 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $21.04, making this a -0.39% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $20.96 per troy ounce on 4 October 2023. That is $0.22 lower than the previous close of $21.18, a move of -1.05%.
The silver price fell on 4 October 2023, losing $0.22 (1.05%) against the previous session's close of $21.18.
At $20.96 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.67 on 4 October 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.8 on 4 October 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 October 2023, silver was around $22.48 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.96 is a loss of 6.8% over the week.
A month before 4 October 2023, silver was around $22.24 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.96 is a loss of 5.8% over the month.
This close was session 4 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 56.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.