Distance from the record
This close sat 59.83% 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 5 December 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $19.51 per troy ounce on 5 December 2013, down $0.260 (1.31%) from the previous close of $19.77.
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 59.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $32.88, making this a -40.66% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.51 per troy ounce on 5 December 2013. That is $0.26 lower than the previous close of $19.77, a move of -1.31%.
The silver price fell on 5 December 2013, losing $0.26 (1.31%) against the previous session's close of $19.77.
At $19.51 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.63 on 5 December 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.2 on 5 December 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 December 2013, silver was around $21.61 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.51 is a loss of 9.7% over the month.
A year before 5 December 2013, silver was around $32.88 per troy ounce. The close of $19.51 therefore represents a fall of 40.7% over twelve months.
It closed 59.83% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.