Current price of silver as of Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 - Fortune

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Silver traded at $60.25/oz at 6:45 a.m. ET on Oct. 9, up $1.54 from 24 hours earlier and more than $10 over the past year. The piece frames silver’s strength as a mix of inflation-hedge demand and industrial use, noting it is more price-sensitive than gold because of electronics, medical gear and other applications.

It also says silver rallied nearly 25% last year to decade-high territory and suggests supply scarcity plus growing demand from industrial and investor channels have supported the move. The article is largely explanatory rather than analytical, but it reinforces a constructive near-term backdrop for silver.