Distance from the record
This close sat 53.71% 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 12 October 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 September 2021
Silver closed at $22.49 per troy ounce on 12 October 2021, down $0.149 (0.66%) from the previous close of $22.64.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 53.71% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $25.23, making this a -10.84% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.49 per troy ounce on 12 October 2021. That is $0.15 lower than the previous close of $22.64, a move of -0.66%.
The silver price fell on 12 October 2021, losing $0.15 (0.66%) against the previous session's close of $22.64.
At $22.49 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.72 on 12 October 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.2 on 12 October 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 October 2021, silver was around $23.85 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.49 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
It closed 53.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.