Distance from the record
This close sat 63.49% 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 September 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.74 per troy ounce on 20 September 2019, down $0.035 (0.20%) from the previous close of $17.77.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 63.49% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.22, making this a +24.78% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.74 per troy ounce on 20 September 2019. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $17.77, a move of -0.20%.
The silver price fell on 20 September 2019, losing $0.03 (0.20%) against the previous session's close of $17.77.
At $17.74 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 20 September 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.0 on 20 September 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 September 2019, silver was around $14.22 per troy ounce. The close of $17.74 therefore represents a rise of 24.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 63.49% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.