Distance from the record
This close sat 45.96% 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 25 August 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 12 August 2020
Silver closed at $26.25 per troy ounce on 25 August 2020, down $0.334 (1.26%) from the previous close of $26.59.
This close extended a run of 5 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 45.96% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.40, making this a +50.93% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $26.25 per troy ounce on 25 August 2020. That is $0.33 lower than the previous close of $26.59, a move of -1.26%.
The silver price fell on 25 August 2020, losing $0.33 (1.26%) against the previous session's close of $26.59.
At $26.25 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.84 on 25 August 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.8 on 25 August 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 25 August 2020, silver was around $28.05 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.25 is a loss of 6.4% over the week.
A month before 25 August 2020, silver was around $22.81 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.25 is a gain of 15.1% over the month.
A year before 25 August 2020, silver was around $17.40 per troy ounce. The close of $26.25 therefore represents a rise of 50.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 45.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.