Distance from the record
This close sat 66.41% 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 5 April 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.32 per troy ounce on 5 April 2018, up $0.111 (0.68%) from the previous close of $16.21.
This close sat 66.41% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.17, making this a -10.16% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.32 per troy ounce on 5 April 2018. That is $0.11 higher than the previous close of $16.21, a move of 0.68%.
The silver price rose on 5 April 2018, gaining $0.11 (0.68%) against the previous session's close of $16.21.
At $16.32 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 5 April 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 81.1 on 5 April 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 81.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 66.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.