Distance from the record
This close sat 50.29% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 October 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $24.15 per troy ounce on 21 October 2021, down $0.274 (1.12%) from the previous close of $24.42.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 50.29% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $25.20, making this a -4.16% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $24.15 per troy ounce on 21 October 2021. That is $0.27 lower than the previous close of $24.42, a move of -1.12%.
The silver price fell on 21 October 2021, losing $0.27 (1.12%) against the previous session's close of $24.42.
At $24.15 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.78 on 21 October 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.8 on 21 October 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 October 2021, silver was around $23.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.15 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A month before 21 October 2021, silver was around $22.57 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.15 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
It closed 50.29% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.