Distance from the record
This close sat 55.40% 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 20 May 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $21.67 per troy ounce on 20 May 2022, down $0.229 (1.05%) from the previous close of $21.90.
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 55.40% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.05, making this a -22.75% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $21.67 per troy ounce on 20 May 2022. That is $0.23 lower than the previous close of $21.90, a move of -1.05%.
The silver price fell on 20 May 2022, losing $0.23 (1.05%) against the previous session's close of $21.90.
At $21.67 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.70 on 20 May 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.0 on 20 May 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 May 2022, silver was around $20.98 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.67 is a gain of 3.3% over the week.
A month before 20 May 2022, silver was around $25.27 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.67 is a loss of 14.3% over the month.
A year before 20 May 2022, silver was around $28.05 per troy ounce. The close of $21.67 therefore represents a fall of 22.8% over twelve months.
It closed 55.40% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.