Distance from the record
This close sat 57.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 October 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $20.48 per troy ounce on 5 October 2022, down $0.558 (2.65%) from the previous close of $21.04.
Silver lost 2.65% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 57.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $22.58, making this a -9.31% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $20.48 per troy ounce on 5 October 2022. That is $0.56 lower than the previous close of $21.04, a move of -2.65%.
The silver price fell on 5 October 2022, losing $0.56 (2.65%) against the previous session's close of $21.04.
At $20.48 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.66 on 5 October 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.6 on 5 October 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 October 2022, silver was around $18.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.48 is a gain of 9.0% over the week.
A month before 5 October 2022, silver was around $17.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.48 is a gain of 15.2% over the month.
It closed 57.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.