Distance from the record
This close sat 57.44% 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 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $20.68 per troy ounce on 12 August 2022, up $0.351 (1.73%) from the previous close of $20.33.
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 57.44% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $23.10, making this a -10.51% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $20.68 per troy ounce on 12 August 2022. That is $0.35 higher than the previous close of $20.33, a move of 1.73%.
The silver price rose on 12 August 2022, gaining $0.35 (1.73%) against the previous session's close of $20.33.
At $20.68 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.66 on 12 August 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.0 on 12 August 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 August 2022, silver was around $19.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.68 is a gain of 4.3% over the week.
A month before 12 August 2022, silver was around $18.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.68 is a gain of 9.4% over the month.
It closed 57.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.