Distance from the record
This close sat 13.07% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 August 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.98 per troy ounce on 20 August 2010, down $0.336 (1.83%) from the previous close of $18.32.
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 13.07% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.88, making this a +29.59% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.98 per troy ounce on 20 August 2010. That is $0.34 lower than the previous close of $18.32, a move of -1.83%.
The silver price fell on 20 August 2010, losing $0.34 (1.83%) against the previous session's close of $18.32.
At $17.98 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.58 on 20 August 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.2 on 20 August 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 August 2010, silver was around $13.88 per troy ounce. The close of $17.98 therefore represents a rise of 29.6% 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 13.07% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.