Distance from the record
This close sat 52.44% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 12 August 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 November 2020
Silver closed at $23.10 per troy ounce on 12 August 2021, down $0.369 (1.57%) from the previous close of $23.47.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 52.44% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $25.95, making this a -10.98% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.10 per troy ounce on 12 August 2021. That is $0.37 lower than the previous close of $23.47, a move of -1.57%.
The silver price fell on 12 August 2021, losing $0.37 (1.57%) against the previous session's close of $23.47.
At $23.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.74 on 12 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.7 on 12 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 August 2021, silver was around $25.28 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.10 is a loss of 8.6% over the week.
A month before 12 August 2021, silver was around $26.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.10 is a loss of 11.9% over the month.
It closed 52.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.