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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 October 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 September 2021
Silver closed at $24.42 per troy ounce on 20 October 2021, up $0.562 (2.36%) from the previous close of $23.86.
This was a 2.36% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 49.73% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $24.94, making this a -2.06% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $24.42 per troy ounce on 20 October 2021. That is $0.56 higher than the previous close of $23.86, a move of 2.36%.
The silver price rose on 20 October 2021, gaining $0.56 (2.36%) against the previous session's close of $23.86.
At $24.42 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.79 on 20 October 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.0 on 20 October 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 October 2021, silver was around $23.15 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.42 is a gain of 5.5% over the week.
A month before 20 October 2021, silver was around $22.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.42 is a gain of 10.2% over the month.
It closed 49.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.