Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 23 December 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 November 2019
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 23 December 2019, up $0.275 (1.61%) from the previous close of $17.13.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 64.18% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.58, making this a +19.34% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 23 December 2019. That is $0.27 higher than the previous close of $17.13, a move of 1.61%.
The silver price rose on 23 December 2019, gaining $0.27 (1.61%) against the previous session's close of $17.13.
At $17.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 23 December 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.2 on 23 December 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 23 December 2019, silver was around $17.02 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.40 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 23 December 2019, silver was around $14.58 per troy ounce. The close of $17.40 therefore represents a rise of 19.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 64.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.