Silver falls 3.4% in a single session
Silver closed at $73.07 per troy ounce on 4 May 2026, down $2.544 (3.36%) from the previous close of $75.62.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $31.99, making this a +128.43% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $73.07 per troy ounce on 4 May 2026. That is $2.54 lower than the previous close of $75.62, a move of -3.36%.
The silver price fell on 4 May 2026, losing $2.54 (3.36%) against the previous session's close of $75.62.
At $73.07 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $2.35 on 4 May 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.8 on 4 May 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 May 2026, silver was around $75.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $73.07 is a loss of 2.6% over the week.
A month before 4 May 2026, silver was around $72.74 per troy ounce, so the close of $73.07 is a gain of 0.5% over the month.
A year before 4 May 2026, silver was around $31.99 per troy ounce. The close of $73.07 therefore represents a rise of 128.4% over twelve months.