Highest closing price since 1 September 2016
Silver closed at $18.44 per troy ounce on 1 May 2020, up $3.542 (23.78%) from the previous close of $14.90.
Notable session: one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.53, making this a +26.91% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.44 per troy ounce on 1 May 2020. That is $3.54 higher than the previous close of $14.90, a move of 23.78%.
The silver price rose on 1 May 2020, gaining $3.54 (23.78%) against the previous session's close of $14.90.
At $18.44 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.59 on 1 May 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 94.2 on 1 May 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 94.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 May 2020, silver was around $14.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.44 is a gain of 23.8% over the week.
A month before 1 May 2020, silver was around $14.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.44 is a gain of 23.8% over the month.
A year before 1 May 2020, silver was around $14.53 per troy ounce. The close of $18.44 therefore represents a rise of 26.9% over twelve months.