Silver ranged between $22.02 and $27.99 per troy ounce during 2021, averaging $25.04 across 11 trading days. It finished the period at $23.33, down 11.41% from $26.33.
The strongest session of 2021 was 1 October 2021 at +8.74%, and the weakest 1 September 2021 at -13.74%.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $26.33, making this a -11.41% move year on year.
| Date | Close (USD/oz) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2021 | $26.90 | +$0.568 |
| 1 February 2021 | $26.40 | −$0.498 |
| 1 March 2021 | $24.52 | −$1.885 |
| 1 April 2021 | $25.85 | +$1.336 |
| 1 May 2021 | $27.99 | +$2.140 |
| 1 June 2021 | $26.17 | −$1.828 |
| 1 July 2021 | $25.53 | −$0.637 |
| 1 September 2021 | $22.02 | −$3.507 |
| 1 October 2021 | $23.94 | +$1.924 |
| 1 November 2021 | $22.76 | −$1.180 |
| 1 December 2021 | $23.33 | +$0.563 |
Source: Yahoo Finance (COMEX futures). Figures are indicative reference prices, not trading quotes.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver finished 2021 at $23.33 per troy ounce, having fallen $3.00 (11.41%) over the year. It has traded between $22.02 and $27.99 across 11 trading days.
The average silver closing price in 2021 was $25.04 per troy ounce, calculated across all 11 trading days in the year.
Silver reached its highest close of 2021 at $27.99 per troy ounce on 1 May 2021.
The lowest silver close in 2021 was $22.02 per troy ounce on 1 September 2021.
Silver fell during 2021. It entered the year at $26.33 and closed at $23.33, a change of -11.41%.
Silver closed higher on 5 sessions and lower on 6 during 2021. The strongest session was 1 October 2021 (+8.74%) and the weakest 1 September 2021 (-13.74%).
Daily closes in 2021 varied with a standard deviation of 7.02% per session, and the peak-to-trough spread across the year was 27.1% ($22.02 to $27.99).
At the 2021 close of $23.33 per troy ounce, silver worked out at about $0.75 per gram and $750.01 per kilogram. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio averaged about 71.8 through 2021 and finished the year near 78.3. A higher ratio means silver is cheap relative to gold.
Silver was around $26.33 per troy ounce twelve months before the end of 2021. Closing at $23.33 makes that a decline of 11.4% year on year.