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 18 August 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $28.05 per troy ounce on 18 August 2020, up $0.406 (1.47%) from the previous close of $27.64.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 42.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 4 of 250 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.10, making this a +64.07% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $28.05 per troy ounce on 18 August 2020. That is $0.41 higher than the previous close of $27.64, a move of 1.47%.
The silver price rose on 18 August 2020, gaining $0.41 (1.47%) against the previous session's close of $27.64.
At $28.05 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.90 on 18 August 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.3 on 18 August 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 August 2020, silver was around $26.04 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.05 is a gain of 7.7% over the week.
A month before 18 August 2020, silver was around $19.68 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.05 is a gain of 42.5% over the month.
A year before 18 August 2020, silver was around $17.10 per troy ounce. The close of $28.05 therefore represents a rise of 64.1% over twelve months.
It closed 42.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.