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 October 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $24.94 per troy ounce on 20 October 2020, up $0.280 (1.14%) from the previous close of $24.66.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 48.67% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.50, making this a +42.48% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $24.94 per troy ounce on 20 October 2020. That is $0.28 higher than the previous close of $24.66, a move of 1.14%.
The silver price rose on 20 October 2020, gaining $0.28 (1.14%) against the previous session's close of $24.66.
At $24.94 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.80 on 20 October 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.6 on 20 October 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 October 2020, silver was around $24.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.94 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 20 October 2020, silver was around $27.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.94 is a loss of 7.7% over the month.
A year before 20 October 2020, silver was around $17.50 per troy ounce. The close of $24.94 therefore represents a rise of 42.5% 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 48.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.