Distance from the record
This close sat 61.60% 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 September 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.8% in a single session
Silver closed at $18.66 per troy ounce on 5 September 2019, down $0.735 (3.79%) from the previous close of $19.39.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.79% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 61.60% 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 250 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.12, making this a +32.14% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.66 per troy ounce on 5 September 2019. That is $0.74 lower than the previous close of $19.39, a move of -3.79%.
The silver price fell on 5 September 2019, losing $0.74 (3.79%) against the previous session's close of $19.39.
At $18.66 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.60 on 5 September 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 81.2 on 5 September 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 81.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 September 2019, silver was around $18.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.66 is a gain of 2.7% over the week.
A month before 5 September 2019, silver was around $16.34 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.66 is a gain of 14.1% over the month.
A year before 5 September 2019, silver was around $14.12 per troy ounce. The close of $18.66 therefore represents a rise of 32.1% over twelve months.
It closed 61.60% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.