Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 March 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 9 March 2011
Silver closed at $36.00 per troy ounce on 21 March 2011, up $0.942 (2.69%) from the previous close of $35.06.
This was a 2.69% 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.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.02, making this a +111.56% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $36.00 per troy ounce on 21 March 2011. That is $0.94 higher than the previous close of $35.06, a move of 2.69%.
The silver price rose on 21 March 2011, gaining $0.94 (2.69%) against the previous session's close of $35.06.
At $36.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.16 on 21 March 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 39.6 on 21 March 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 39.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 March 2011, silver was around $32.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $36.00 is a gain of 11.5% over the month.
A year before 21 March 2011, silver was around $17.02 per troy ounce. The close of $36.00 therefore represents a rise of 111.6% over twelve months.
It closed 0.11% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-03-09.