Silver Price Drops Toward US$78,518 /Troy Ounce (Friday, April 17, 2026)

Silver prices for Friday, April 17, 2026 trading dropped. Today's silver trading price was recorded at US$78,518 per troy ounce. This figure is lower than the previous day's trading which stood at US$78.8 per troy ounce. The current condition reverses the silver price movement in the last two days which was in an uptrend.

In the last week, silver price movement grew by 2.72% with an average daily trading price of US$77.49 per troy ounce. As a result, throughout 2026, silver prices have risen 10.57% from the start-of-year level of US$71.015 per troy ounce. Meanwhile, so far this year, the highest trading value for the silver commodity was transacted at US$115.15 per troy ounce which occurred on Monday, January 26, 2026.

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Annually, the average trading price of silver in the last five years has been on an uptrend. Meanwhile, for monthly price monitoring, transactions in the last 12 months tend to rise. The highest average monthly price of the silver commodity was recorded in January 2026 at US$93.97 per troy ounce.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) also noted that Indonesia had silver ore reserves of 2.8 billion tons in 2020. The reserve life is estimated to last until 214 years (2234).

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Some silver-producing regions in the country include Bengkalis Regency (Riau), Bontang City (East Kalimantan), Laut Island (South Kalimantan), Sambas Regency (West Kalimantan), and Bolaang Mongondow Regency (North Sulawesi).