Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 December 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $22.27 per troy ounce on 20 December 2021, down $0.232 (1.03%) from the previous close of $22.51.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 54.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 241 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $25.95, making this a -14.16% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.27 per troy ounce on 20 December 2021. That is $0.23 lower than the previous close of $22.51, a move of -1.03%.
The silver price fell on 20 December 2021, losing $0.23 (1.03%) against the previous session's close of $22.51.
At $22.27 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.72 on 20 December 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 80.5 on 20 December 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 80.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 20 December 2021, silver was around $24.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.27 is a loss of 10.1% over the month.
A year before 20 December 2021, silver was around $25.95 per troy ounce. The close of $22.27 therefore represents a fall of 14.2% over twelve months.
It closed 54.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.