Distance from the record
This close sat 1.98% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-10-06.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 7 October 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $22.57 per troy ounce on 7 October 2010, down $0.455 (1.98%) from the previous close of $23.02.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 1.98% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-10-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.48, making this a +29.11% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.57 per troy ounce on 7 October 2010. That is $0.45 lower than the previous close of $23.02, a move of -1.98%.
The silver price fell on 7 October 2010, losing $0.45 (1.98%) against the previous session's close of $23.02.
At $22.57 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.73 on 7 October 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.1 on 7 October 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 7 October 2010, silver was around $21.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.57 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 7 October 2010, silver was around $19.88 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.57 is a gain of 13.5% over the month.
A year before 7 October 2010, silver was around $17.48 per troy ounce. The close of $22.57 therefore represents a rise of 29.1% over twelve months.
It closed 1.98% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-10-06.