Silver
US$ per troy ounce, nearest futures contract
What has the price done?
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Press and drag across the chart to see the change between two points. Source: Yahoo Finance, delayed. Bars are daily and prices are adjusted for splits, not dividends. Past returns don't predict future returns.
- Last price, per troy ounce
- US$49.14
- Day
- −5.86% ▼
- Year to date
- −29.94% ▼
- 1 year
- +1.46% ▲
- 52-week high
- US$115.08
- 52-week low
- US$47.13
Figures from the daily snapshot of 30 Oct 2026: COMEX futures, nearest contract, Yahoo Finance, delayed. Futures prices can differ from spot, and changes over a year include rolling from one contract month to the next. Past returns don't predict future returns.
What it is and what moves it
Silver is half precious metal, half industrial metal. It goes into solar panels, electronics and jewellery, and investors hold it in coins and bars.
What tends to move the price
- Gold: silver often moves with gold, but usually by more in both directions.
- Factory demand: solar and electronics output matter more for silver than for gold.
- Mine supply: most silver is dug up as a by-product of copper, lead and zinc mines, so supply doesn't respond quickly to price.
Silver tends to follow gold with bigger swings, because it depends on factories as well as fear.
Other metals
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