Highest closing price since 1 August 2020
Silver closed at $27.99 per troy ounce on 1 May 2021, up $2.140 (8.28%) from the previous close of $25.85.
Notable session: highest close of the year; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.44, making this a +51.81% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.99 per troy ounce on 1 May 2021. That is $2.14 higher than the previous close of $25.85, a move of 8.28%.
The silver price rose on 1 May 2021, gaining $2.14 (8.28%) against the previous session's close of $25.85.
At $27.99 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.90 on 1 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.0 on 1 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 May 2021, silver was around $25.85 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.99 is a gain of 8.3% over the week.
A month before 1 May 2021, silver was around $25.85 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.99 is a gain of 8.3% over the month.
A year before 1 May 2021, silver was around $18.44 per troy ounce. The close of $27.99 therefore represents a rise of 51.8% over twelve months.