Distance from the record
This close sat 52.72% 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 8 December 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 13 November 2023
Silver closed at $22.97 per troy ounce on 8 December 2023, down $0.761 (3.21%) from the previous close of $23.73.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.21% 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 52.72% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $23.06, making this a -0.40% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.97 per troy ounce on 8 December 2023. That is $0.76 lower than the previous close of $23.73, a move of -3.21%.
The silver price fell on 8 December 2023, losing $0.76 (3.21%) against the previous session's close of $23.73.
At $22.97 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.74 on 8 December 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.0 on 8 December 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 December 2023, silver was around $23.85 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.97 is a loss of 3.7% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 52.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.