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 20 August 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.145 per troy ounce on 20 August 2001, down $0.112 (2.63%) from the previous close of $4.257.
Silver lost 2.63% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 17.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.14 per troy ounce on 20 August 2001. That is $0.11 lower than the previous close of $4.26, a move of -2.63%.
The silver price fell on 20 August 2001, losing $0.11 (2.63%) against the previous session's close of $4.26.
At $4.14 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.13 on 20 August 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.6 on 20 August 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 17.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.