Distance from the record
This close sat 45.38% 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 May 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $26.54 per troy ounce on 4 May 2021, down $0.404 (1.50%) from the previous close of $26.94.
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 45.38% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.72, making this a +80.27% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $26.54 per troy ounce on 4 May 2021. That is $0.40 lower than the previous close of $26.94, a move of -1.50%.
The silver price fell on 4 May 2021, losing $0.40 (1.50%) against the previous session's close of $26.94.
At $26.54 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.85 on 4 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 4 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 4 May 2021, silver was around $14.72 per troy ounce. The close of $26.54 therefore represents a rise of 80.3% over twelve months.
It closed 45.38% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.