Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 October 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.26 per troy ounce on 8 October 2018, down $0.310 (2.13%) from the previous close of $14.57.
Silver lost 2.13% 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 70.65% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.73, making this a -14.79% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.26 per troy ounce on 8 October 2018. That is $0.31 lower than the previous close of $14.57, a move of -2.13%.
The silver price fell on 8 October 2018, losing $0.31 (2.13%) against the previous session's close of $14.57.
At $14.26 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.46 on 8 October 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.1 on 8 October 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 8 October 2018, silver was around $16.73 per troy ounce. The close of $14.26 therefore represents a fall of 14.8% over twelve months.
It closed 70.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.