Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $21.80 per troy ounce on 1 September 2010, up $3.811 (21.19%) from the previous close of $17.99.
Notable session: one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.64, making this a +31.03% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $21.80 per troy ounce on 1 September 2010. That is $3.81 higher than the previous close of $17.99, a move of 21.19%.
The silver price rose on 1 September 2010, gaining $3.81 (21.19%) against the previous session's close of $17.99.
At $21.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.70 on 1 September 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.0 on 1 September 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 September 2010, silver was around $17.99 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.80 is a gain of 21.2% over the week.
A month before 1 September 2010, silver was around $17.99 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.80 is a gain of 21.2% over the month.
A year before 1 September 2010, silver was around $16.64 per troy ounce. The close of $21.80 therefore represents a rise of 31.0% over twelve months.