Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 22 February 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 31 August 2020
Silver closed at $28.08 per troy ounce on 22 February 2021, up $0.831 (3.05%) from the previous close of $27.25.
Notable session: highest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 3.05% 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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 42.20% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 5 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.52, making this a +51.63% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $28.08 per troy ounce on 22 February 2021. That is $0.83 higher than the previous close of $27.25, a move of 3.05%.
The silver price rose on 22 February 2021, gaining $0.83 (3.05%) against the previous session's close of $27.25.
At $28.08 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.90 on 22 February 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.3 on 22 February 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 February 2021, silver was around $27.32 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.08 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 22 February 2021, silver was around $25.52 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.08 is a gain of 10.0% over the month.
A year before 22 February 2021, silver was around $18.52 per troy ounce. The close of $28.08 therefore represents a rise of 51.6% over twelve months.
It closed 42.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 6 months earlier — 120 trading sessions before this one.