Highest closing price since 1 January 2018
Silver closed at $16.40 per troy ounce on 1 May 2018, up $0.179 (1.10%) from the previous close of $16.22.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.37, making this a -5.56% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.40 per troy ounce on 1 May 2018. That is $0.18 higher than the previous close of $16.22, a move of 1.10%.
The silver price rose on 1 May 2018, gaining $0.18 (1.10%) against the previous session's close of $16.22.
At $16.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 1 May 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.3 on 1 May 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 May 2018, silver was around $16.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.40 is a gain of 1.1% over the week.
A month before 1 May 2018, silver was around $16.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.40 is a gain of 1.1% over the month.
A year before 1 May 2018, silver was around $17.37 per troy ounce. The close of $16.40 therefore represents a fall of 5.6% over twelve months.