Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 July 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 23 September 2016
Silver closed at $19.71 per troy ounce on 13 July 2020, up $0.726 (3.82%) from the previous close of $18.98.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 3.82% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 59.43% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.16, making this a +30.00% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.71 per troy ounce on 13 July 2020. That is $0.73 higher than the previous close of $18.98, a move of 3.82%.
The silver price rose on 13 July 2020, gaining $0.73 (3.82%) against the previous session's close of $18.98.
At $19.71 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.63 on 13 July 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 91.9 on 13 July 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 91.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 July 2020, silver was around $18.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.71 is a gain of 6.5% over the week.
A month before 13 July 2020, silver was around $17.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.71 is a gain of 12.9% over the month.
A year before 13 July 2020, silver was around $15.16 per troy ounce. The close of $19.71 therefore represents a rise of 30.0% over twelve months.
It closed 59.43% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 4 years earlier — 947 trading sessions before this one.