Distance from the record
This close sat 66.66% 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 2014, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.20 per troy ounce on 5 December 2014, down $0.324 (1.96%) from the previous close of $16.52.
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 66.66% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.51, making this a -17.00% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.20 per troy ounce on 5 December 2014. That is $0.32 lower than the previous close of $16.52, a move of -1.96%.
The silver price fell on 5 December 2014, losing $0.32 (1.96%) against the previous session's close of $16.52.
At $16.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 5 December 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.5 on 5 December 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 December 2014, silver was around $15.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.20 is a gain of 4.6% over the week.
A month before 5 December 2014, silver was around $15.42 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.20 is a gain of 5.0% over the month.
A year before 5 December 2014, silver was around $19.51 per troy ounce. The close of $16.20 therefore represents a fall of 17.0% over twelve months.
It closed 66.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.