Distance from the record
This close sat 65.43% 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 4 December 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 12 November 2019
Silver closed at $16.80 per troy ounce on 4 December 2019, down $0.328 (1.92%) from the previous close of $17.13.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 65.43% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.52, making this a +15.67% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.80 per troy ounce on 4 December 2019. That is $0.33 lower than the previous close of $17.13, a move of -1.92%.
The silver price fell on 4 December 2019, losing $0.33 (1.92%) against the previous session's close of $17.13.
At $16.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 4 December 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.8 on 4 December 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 4 December 2019, silver was around $18.01 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.80 is a loss of 6.8% over the month.
A year before 4 December 2019, silver was around $14.52 per troy ounce. The close of $16.80 therefore represents a rise of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 65.43% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.