Distance from the record
This close sat 14.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 May 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 May 2010
Silver closed at $17.63 per troy ounce on 21 May 2010, down $0.063 (0.36%) from the previous close of $17.69.
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 14.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.44, making this a +22.14% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.63 per troy ounce on 21 May 2010. That is $0.06 lower than the previous close of $17.69, a move of -0.36%.
The silver price fell on 21 May 2010, losing $0.06 (0.36%) against the previous session's close of $17.69.
At $17.63 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 21 May 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.7 on 21 May 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 May 2010, silver was around $19.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.63 is a loss of 8.2% over the week.
A year before 21 May 2010, silver was around $14.44 per troy ounce. The close of $17.63 therefore represents a rise of 22.1% 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 14.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.