Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 August 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 May 2011
Silver closed at $42.43 per troy ounce on 19 August 2011, up $1.741 (4.28%) from the previous close of $40.69.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 4.28% 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 12.67% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.32, making this a +131.62% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $42.43 per troy ounce on 19 August 2011. That is $1.74 higher than the previous close of $40.69, a move of 4.28%.
The silver price rose on 19 August 2011, gaining $1.74 (4.28%) against the previous session's close of $40.69.
At $42.43 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.36 on 19 August 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 43.6 on 19 August 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 43.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 August 2011, silver was around $39.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $42.43 is a gain of 8.5% over the week.
A month before 19 August 2011, silver was around $40.21 per troy ounce, so the close of $42.43 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
A year before 19 August 2011, silver was around $18.32 per troy ounce. The close of $42.43 therefore represents a rise of 131.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 6 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 12.67% 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 months earlier — 75 trading sessions before this one.