Distance from the record
This close sat 43.48% 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 7 May 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $27.46 per troy ounce on 7 May 2021, unchanged from the previous close of $27.46.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.00% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 43.48% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.56, making this a +76.47% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.46 per troy ounce on 7 May 2021. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $27.46, a move of 0.00%.
The silver price was unchanged on 7 May 2021, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $27.46.
At $27.46 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.88 on 7 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.7 on 7 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 7 May 2021, silver was around $25.85 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.46 is a gain of 6.2% over the week.
A month before 7 May 2021, silver was around $25.23 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.46 is a gain of 8.8% over the month.
A year before 7 May 2021, silver was around $15.56 per troy ounce. The close of $27.46 therefore represents a rise of 76.5% over twelve months.
It closed 43.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.