Distance from the record
This close sat 52.44% 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 20 August 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $23.10 per troy ounce on 20 August 2021, down $0.115 (0.50%) from the previous close of $23.22.
This close extended a run of 4 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 52.44% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $27.12, making this a -14.81% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.10 per troy ounce on 20 August 2021. That is $0.11 lower than the previous close of $23.22, a move of -0.50%.
The silver price fell on 20 August 2021, losing $0.11 (0.50%) against the previous session's close of $23.22.
At $23.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.74 on 20 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.1 on 20 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 August 2021, silver was around $23.77 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.10 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 20 August 2021, silver was around $24.98 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.10 is a loss of 7.5% over the month.
A year before 20 August 2021, silver was around $27.12 per troy ounce. The close of $23.10 therefore represents a fall of 14.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 52.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.