Distance from the record
This close sat 47.97% 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 5 August 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $25.28 per troy ounce on 5 August 2021, down $0.169 (0.66%) from the previous close of $25.45.
This close sat 47.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $26.88, making this a -5.95% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $25.28 per troy ounce on 5 August 2021. That is $0.17 lower than the previous close of $25.45, a move of -0.66%.
The silver price fell on 5 August 2021, losing $0.17 (0.66%) against the previous session's close of $25.45.
At $25.28 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.81 on 5 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.4 on 5 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 47.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.