Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 31 August 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 13 May 2010
Silver closed at $19.40 per troy ounce on 31 August 2010, up $0.360 (1.89%) from the previous close of $19.04.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.90, making this a +30.21% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $19.40 per troy ounce on 31 August 2010. That is $0.36 higher than the previous close of $19.04, a move of 1.89%.
The silver price rose on 31 August 2010, gaining $0.36 (1.89%) against the previous session's close of $19.04.
At $19.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.62 on 31 August 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 31 August 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 31 August 2010, silver was around $18.37 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.40 is a gain of 5.6% over the week.
A month before 31 August 2010, silver was around $17.99 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.40 is a gain of 7.8% over the month.
A year before 31 August 2010, silver was around $14.90 per troy ounce. The close of $19.40 therefore represents a rise of 30.2% over twelve months.
It closed 6.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.
The most recent higher close was about 4 months earlier — 76 trading sessions before this one.