Distance from the record
This close sat 70.20% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 16 May 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 December 2018
Silver closed at $14.48 per troy ounce on 16 May 2019, down $0.273 (1.85%) from the previous close of $14.75.
This close sat 70.20% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 243 of 250 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.30, making this a -11.16% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.48 per troy ounce on 16 May 2019. That is $0.27 lower than the previous close of $14.75, a move of -1.85%.
The silver price fell on 16 May 2019, losing $0.27 (1.85%) against the previous session's close of $14.75.
At $14.48 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 16 May 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 88.7 on 16 May 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 88.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 70.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.