Distance from the record
This close sat 53.97% 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 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 28 January 2022
Silver closed at $22.36 per troy ounce on 4 May 2022, down $0.259 (1.14%) from the previous close of $22.62.
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 53.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $26.54, making this a -15.74% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.36 per troy ounce on 4 May 2022. That is $0.26 lower than the previous close of $22.62, a move of -1.14%.
The silver price fell on 4 May 2022, losing $0.26 (1.14%) against the previous session's close of $22.62.
At $22.36 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.72 on 4 May 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.5 on 4 May 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 May 2022, silver was around $23.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.36 is a loss of 4.7% over the week.
A month before 4 May 2022, silver was around $24.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.36 is a loss of 9.0% over the month.
A year before 4 May 2022, silver was around $26.54 per troy ounce. The close of $22.36 therefore represents a fall of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 53.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.