Distance from the record
This close sat 69.98% 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 21 December 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.58 per troy ounce on 21 December 2018, down $0.170 (1.15%) from the previous close of $14.75.
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 69.98% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.15, making this a -9.71% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.58 per troy ounce on 21 December 2018. That is $0.17 lower than the previous close of $14.75, a move of -1.15%.
The silver price fell on 21 December 2018, losing $0.17 (1.15%) against the previous session's close of $14.75.
At $14.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 21 December 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.0 on 21 December 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 69.98% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.