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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 2 August 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 30 June 2010
Silver closed at $18.40 per troy ounce on 2 August 2010, up $0.416 (2.31%) from the previous close of $17.99.
This was a 2.31% 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 11.03% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.93, making this a +32.08% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.40 per troy ounce on 2 August 2010. That is $0.42 higher than the previous close of $17.99, a move of 2.31%.
The silver price rose on 2 August 2010, gaining $0.42 (2.31%) against the previous session's close of $17.99.
At $18.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.59 on 2 August 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.3 on 2 August 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 August 2010, silver was around $13.93 per troy ounce. The close of $18.40 therefore represents a rise of 32.1% 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 11.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.