Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 May 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.526 per troy ounce on 21 May 2001, down $0.026 (0.57%) from the previous close of $4.552.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 9.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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Silver closed at $4.53 per troy ounce on 21 May 2001. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $4.55, a move of -0.57%.
The silver price fell on 21 May 2001, losing $0.03 (0.57%) against the previous session's close of $4.55.
At $4.53 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 21 May 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.1 on 21 May 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 May 2001, silver was around $4.33 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.53 is a gain of 4.5% over the week.
It closed 9.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.