Distance from the record
This close sat 60.03% 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 20 December 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $19.42 per troy ounce on 20 December 2013, up $0.275 (1.44%) from the previous close of $19.14.
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 60.03% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.61, making this a -34.43% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.42 per troy ounce on 20 December 2013. That is $0.27 higher than the previous close of $19.14, a move of 1.44%.
The silver price rose on 20 December 2013, gaining $0.27 (1.44%) against the previous session's close of $19.14.
At $19.42 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.62 on 20 December 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.1 on 20 December 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 December 2013, silver was around $29.61 per troy ounce. The close of $19.42 therefore represents a fall of 34.4% over twelve months.
It closed 60.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.