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This close sat 45.03% 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 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $26.71 per troy ounce on 21 August 2020, down $0.415 (1.53%) from the previous close of $27.12.
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 45.03% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.13, making this a +55.95% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $26.71 per troy ounce on 21 August 2020. That is $0.41 lower than the previous close of $27.12, a move of -1.53%.
The silver price fell on 21 August 2020, losing $0.41 (1.53%) against the previous session's close of $27.12.
At $26.71 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.86 on 21 August 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.4 on 21 August 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 August 2020, silver was around $25.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.71 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 21 August 2020, silver was around $21.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.71 is a gain of 24.2% over the month.
A year before 21 August 2020, silver was around $17.13 per troy ounce. The close of $26.71 therefore represents a rise of 56.0% 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 45.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.