Distance from the record
This close sat 64.32% 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 21 May 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.7% in a single session
Silver closed at $17.33 per troy ounce on 21 May 2020, down $0.667 (3.71%) from the previous close of $18.00.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.71% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 64.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.37, making this a +20.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.33 per troy ounce on 21 May 2020. That is $0.67 lower than the previous close of $18.00, a move of -3.71%.
The silver price fell on 21 May 2020, losing $0.67 (3.71%) against the previous session's close of $18.00.
At $17.33 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 21 May 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 99.3 on 21 May 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 99.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 May 2020, silver was around $16.14 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.33 is a gain of 7.4% over the week.
A month before 21 May 2020, silver was around $14.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.33 is a gain of 17.0% over the month.
A year before 21 May 2020, silver was around $14.37 per troy ounce. The close of $17.33 therefore represents a rise of 20.6% over twelve months.
It closed 64.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.