Distance from the record
This close sat 15.43% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 6 May 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 March 2010
Silver closed at $17.49 per troy ounce on 6 May 2010, down $0.018 (0.10%) from the previous close of $17.51.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 15.43% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.69, making this a +27.76% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.49 per troy ounce on 6 May 2010. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $17.51, a move of -0.10%.
The silver price fell on 6 May 2010, losing $0.02 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $17.51.
At $17.49 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 6 May 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.4 on 6 May 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 May 2010, silver was around $18.55 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.49 is a loss of 5.7% over the week.
A year before 6 May 2010, silver was around $13.69 per troy ounce. The close of $17.49 therefore represents a rise of 27.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 15.43% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.