Distance from the record
This close sat 50.85% 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 9 May 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $23.88 per troy ounce on 9 May 2013, down $0.013 (0.05%) from the previous close of $23.89.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.05% 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 50.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.20, making this a -18.21% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.88 per troy ounce on 9 May 2013. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $23.89, a move of -0.05%.
The silver price fell on 9 May 2013, losing $0.01 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $23.89.
At $23.88 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.77 on 9 May 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.5 on 9 May 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 May 2013, silver was around $27.87 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.88 is a loss of 14.3% over the month.
A year before 9 May 2013, silver was around $29.20 per troy ounce. The close of $23.88 therefore represents a fall of 18.2% over twelve months.
It closed 50.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.