Distance from the record
This close sat 52.75% 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 21 August 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $22.96 per troy ounce on 21 August 2013, down $0.108 (0.47%) from the previous close of $23.07.
This close extended a run of 3 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 52.75% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.42, making this a -21.97% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.96 per troy ounce on 21 August 2013. That is $0.11 lower than the previous close of $23.07, a move of -0.47%.
The silver price fell on 21 August 2013, losing $0.11 (0.47%) against the previous session's close of $23.07.
At $22.96 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.74 on 21 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.7 on 21 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 August 2013, silver was around $21.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.96 is a gain of 5.4% over the week.
A month before 21 August 2013, silver was around $19.45 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.96 is a gain of 18.0% over the month.
A year before 21 August 2013, silver was around $29.42 per troy ounce. The close of $22.96 therefore represents a fall of 22.0% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 52.75% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.