Distance from the record
This close sat 65.11% 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 18 December 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.95 per troy ounce on 18 December 2019, down $0.025 (0.15%) from the previous close of $16.98.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.15% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 65.11% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.59, making this a +16.24% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.95 per troy ounce on 18 December 2019. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $16.98, a move of -0.15%.
The silver price fell on 18 December 2019, losing $0.03 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $16.98.
At $16.95 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 18 December 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.9 on 18 December 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 December 2019, silver was around $14.59 per troy ounce. The close of $16.95 therefore represents a rise of 16.2% over twelve months.
It closed 65.11% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.