Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 16 August 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 August 2010
Silver closed at $18.42 per troy ounce on 16 August 2010, up $0.321 (1.77%) from the previous close of $18.10.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 10.96% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.72, making this a +25.16% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $18.42 per troy ounce on 16 August 2010. That is $0.32 higher than the previous close of $18.10, a move of 1.77%.
The silver price rose on 16 August 2010, gaining $0.32 (1.77%) against the previous session's close of $18.10.
At $18.42 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.59 on 16 August 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.5 on 16 August 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 16 August 2010, silver was around $14.72 per troy ounce. The close of $18.42 therefore represents a rise of 25.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 10.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.