Distance from the record
This close sat 42.35% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 May 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $28.01 per troy ounce on 19 May 2021, down $0.306 (1.08%) from the previous close of $28.31.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 42.35% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 10 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.89, making this a +56.54% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $28.01 per troy ounce on 19 May 2021. That is $0.31 lower than the previous close of $28.31, a move of -1.08%.
The silver price fell on 19 May 2021, losing $0.31 (1.08%) against the previous session's close of $28.31.
At $28.01 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.90 on 19 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 19 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 May 2021, silver was around $27.23 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.01 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 19 May 2021, silver was around $25.83 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.01 is a gain of 8.4% over the month.
A year before 19 May 2021, silver was around $17.89 per troy ounce. The close of $28.01 therefore represents a rise of 56.5% over twelve months.
It closed 42.35% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.