Distance from the record
This close sat 50.77% 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 19 May 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $23.92 per troy ounce on 19 May 2023, up $0.425 (1.81%) from the previous close of $23.50.
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 50.77% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $21.90, making this a +9.23% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.92 per troy ounce on 19 May 2023. That is $0.42 higher than the previous close of $23.50, a move of 1.81%.
The silver price rose on 19 May 2023, gaining $0.42 (1.81%) against the previous session's close of $23.50.
At $23.92 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.77 on 19 May 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.7 on 19 May 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 May 2023, silver was around $25.37 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.92 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
It closed 50.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.