Distance from the record
This close sat 44.27% 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 18 February 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $27.08 per troy ounce on 18 February 2021, down $0.237 (0.87%) from the previous close of $27.31.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 44.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.13, making this a +49.34% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.08 per troy ounce on 18 February 2021. That is $0.24 lower than the previous close of $27.31, a move of -0.87%.
The silver price fell on 18 February 2021, losing $0.24 (0.87%) against the previous session's close of $27.31.
At $27.08 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.87 on 18 February 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.5 on 18 February 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 18 February 2021, silver was around $24.83 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.08 is a gain of 9.1% over the month.
A year before 18 February 2021, silver was around $18.13 per troy ounce. The close of $27.08 therefore represents a rise of 49.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 44.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.