Distance from the record
This close sat 50.19% 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 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $24.20 per troy ounce on 5 December 2023, down $0.354 (1.44%) from the previous close of $24.56.
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 50.19% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $22.20, making this a +9.02% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $24.20 per troy ounce on 5 December 2023. That is $0.35 lower than the previous close of $24.56, a move of -1.44%.
The silver price fell on 5 December 2023, losing $0.35 (1.44%) against the previous session's close of $24.56.
At $24.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.78 on 5 December 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.4 on 5 December 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 December 2023, silver was around $24.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.20 is a loss of 2.9% over the week.
It closed 50.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.