Distance from the record
This close sat 52.21% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 August 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $23.22 per troy ounce on 19 August 2021, down $0.192 (0.82%) from the previous close of $23.41.
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 52.21% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $27.32, making this a -14.99% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.22 per troy ounce on 19 August 2021. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $23.41, a move of -0.82%.
The silver price fell on 19 August 2021, losing $0.19 (0.82%) against the previous session's close of $23.41.
At $23.22 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.75 on 19 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.7 on 19 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 August 2021, silver was around $25.13 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.22 is a loss of 7.6% over the month.
A year before 19 August 2021, silver was around $27.32 per troy ounce. The close of $23.22 therefore represents a fall of 15.0% 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 52.21% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.