Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 May 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 May 2022
Silver closed at $21.90 per troy ounce on 19 May 2022, up $0.365 (1.70%) from the previous close of $21.53.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 54.93% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.01, making this a -21.82% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $21.90 per troy ounce on 19 May 2022. That is $0.36 higher than the previous close of $21.53, a move of 1.70%.
The silver price rose on 19 May 2022, gaining $0.36 (1.70%) against the previous session's close of $21.53.
At $21.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.70 on 19 May 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.1 on 19 May 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 May 2022, silver was around $20.76 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.90 is a gain of 5.5% over the week.
A month before 19 May 2022, silver was around $25.39 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.90 is a loss of 13.8% over the month.
A year before 19 May 2022, silver was around $28.01 per troy ounce. The close of $21.90 therefore represents a fall of 21.8% over twelve months.
It closed 54.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.