Distance from the record
This close sat 69.34% 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 30 April 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.90 per troy ounce on 30 April 2020, down $0.262 (1.73%) from the previous close of $15.16.
This close extended a run of 5 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 69.34% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.90, making this a -0.01% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.90 per troy ounce on 30 April 2020. That is $0.26 lower than the previous close of $15.16, a move of -1.73%.
The silver price fell on 30 April 2020, losing $0.26 (1.73%) against the previous session's close of $15.16.
At $14.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.48 on 30 April 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 113.0 on 30 April 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 113.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 30 April 2020, silver was around $15.35 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.90 is a loss of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 30 April 2020, silver was around $14.07 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.90 is a gain of 5.9% over the month.
This close was session 5 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 69.34% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.