Distance from the record
This close sat 49.96% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 6 August 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 March 2021
Silver closed at $24.31 per troy ounce on 6 August 2021, down $0.965 (3.82%) from the previous close of $25.28.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.82% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 49.96% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.39, making this a -14.36% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $24.31 per troy ounce on 6 August 2021. That is $0.97 lower than the previous close of $25.28, a move of -3.82%.
The silver price fell on 6 August 2021, losing $0.97 (3.82%) against the previous session's close of $25.28.
At $24.31 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.78 on 6 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.4 on 6 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 August 2021, silver was around $25.53 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.31 is a loss of 4.8% over the week.
A month before 6 August 2021, silver was around $26.15 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.31 is a loss of 7.0% over the month.
A year before 6 August 2021, silver was around $28.39 per troy ounce. The close of $24.31 therefore represents a fall of 14.4% 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 49.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.