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 4 August 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 12 April 2013
Silver closed at $26.01 per troy ounce on 4 August 2020, up $1.622 (6.65%) from the previous close of $24.39.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 6.65% 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 46.46% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.22, making this a +60.35% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $26.01 per troy ounce on 4 August 2020. That is $1.62 higher than the previous close of $24.39, a move of 6.65%.
The silver price rose on 4 August 2020, gaining $1.62 (6.65%) against the previous session's close of $24.39.
At $26.01 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.84 on 4 August 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.9 on 4 August 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 August 2020, silver was around $24.27 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.01 is a gain of 7.2% over the week.
A month before 4 August 2020, silver was around $18.24 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.01 is a gain of 42.6% over the month.
A year before 4 August 2020, silver was around $16.22 per troy ounce. The close of $26.01 therefore represents a rise of 60.4% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 46.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 7 years earlier — 1826 trading sessions before this one.