Distance from the record
This close sat 63.65% 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 27 February 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 13 February 2020
Silver closed at $17.66 per troy ounce on 27 February 2020, down $0.168 (0.94%) from the previous close of $17.83.
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 63.65% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.67, making this a +12.67% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.66 per troy ounce on 27 February 2020. That is $0.17 lower than the previous close of $17.83, a move of -0.94%.
The silver price fell on 27 February 2020, losing $0.17 (0.94%) against the previous session's close of $17.83.
At $17.66 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 27 February 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 92.9 on 27 February 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 92.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 February 2020, silver was around $18.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.66 is a loss of 3.6% over the week.
A year before 27 February 2020, silver was around $15.67 per troy ounce. The close of $17.66 therefore represents a rise of 12.7% 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 63.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.