Distance from the record
This close sat 19.86% 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 July 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $38.94 per troy ounce on 21 July 2011, down $0.609 (1.54%) from the previous close of $39.55.
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 19.86% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.80, making this a +118.77% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $38.94 per troy ounce on 21 July 2011. That is $0.61 lower than the previous close of $39.55, a move of -1.54%.
The silver price fell on 21 July 2011, losing $0.61 (1.54%) against the previous session's close of $39.55.
At $38.94 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.25 on 21 July 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 40.8 on 21 July 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 40.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 July 2011, silver was around $36.37 per troy ounce, so the close of $38.94 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
A year before 21 July 2011, silver was around $17.80 per troy ounce. The close of $38.94 therefore represents a rise of 118.8% 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 19.86% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.