Distance from the record
This close sat 69.55% 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 May 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.79 per troy ounce on 8 May 2019, down $0.068 (0.46%) from the previous close of $14.86.
This close sat 69.55% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.39, making this a -9.74% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.79 per troy ounce on 8 May 2019. That is $0.07 lower than the previous close of $14.86, a move of -0.46%.
The silver price fell on 8 May 2019, losing $0.07 (0.46%) against the previous session's close of $14.86.
At $14.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.48 on 8 May 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.5 on 8 May 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 69.55% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.