Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 March 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 16 June 2021
Silver closed at $26.89 per troy ounce on 8 March 2022, up $1.175 (4.57%) from the previous close of $25.71.
Notable session: highest close of the year; highest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 4.57% 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 44.66% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 1 of 245 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $25.24, making this a +6.53% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $26.89 per troy ounce on 8 March 2022. That is $1.18 higher than the previous close of $25.71, a move of 4.57%.
The silver price rose on 8 March 2022, gaining $1.18 (4.57%) against the previous session's close of $25.71.
At $26.89 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.86 on 8 March 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.9 on 8 March 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 March 2022, silver was around $25.12 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.89 is a gain of 7.0% over the week.
A month before 8 March 2022, silver was around $23.19 per troy ounce, so the close of $26.89 is a gain of 15.9% over the month.
It closed 44.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 9 months earlier — 180 trading sessions before this one.