Distance from the record
This close sat 47.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 May 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $25.74 per troy ounce on 5 May 2023, down $0.292 (1.12%) from the previous close of $26.03.
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 47.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 3 of 246 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $22.40, making this a +14.92% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $25.74 per troy ounce on 5 May 2023. That is $0.29 lower than the previous close of $26.03, a move of -1.12%.
The silver price fell on 5 May 2023, losing $0.29 (1.12%) against the previous session's close of $26.03.
At $25.74 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.83 on 5 May 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.4 on 5 May 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 May 2023, silver was around $25.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $25.74 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A year before 5 May 2023, silver was around $22.40 per troy ounce. The close of $25.74 therefore represents a rise of 14.9% over twelve months.
It closed 47.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.