Silver

SICOMEX

65.15▲+12.82%over 1 month

Silver futures per troy ounce. Both a precious metal and an industrial input, which makes it more volatile than gold.

Price history

Last close 2026-08-11

Return by period

1M▲+12.82%

3M▼-23.78%

6M▼-22.24%

1Y▲+73.00%

5Y▲+174.02%

Risk

Trailing year

Annualised volatility65.7%

Largest drawdown-51.4%

Period high115.08

Period low37.26

Position in range

Trailing year

36%

of the way from the year’s low to its high.

37.26115.08

Reported context

Written by sonar-pro

Silver has been reported as trading near recent highs after a sharp run-up, with several outlets saying it broke above the $60 level and reached the mid-$60s, while one report called it a four-week high. Recent coverage links the move to weaker-than-expected US jobs data and a softer dollar, with Reuters-sourced and other reports saying traders reacted to a drop in non-farm payrolls and a reduction in rate-hike expectations. Other reports describe a mixed technical picture, saying silver has moved out of a multi-week base but is also facing resistance and cooling momentum around the mid-$60s.

Sources

Generated from the figures on this page and published reporting. It describes what has been reported and is not advice, a recommendation, or a forecast. Written 11 Aug, 15:01 UTC.

Reported context

What these figures mean

Written by gpt-5.4-mini

The 65.7% annualised volatility means the price has tended to move by a very large amount over a year, so day-to-day or month-to-month changes have been wide rather than small. The -51.4% peak-to-trough fall means that, at one point in the period, the price dropped by just over half from a previous high before recovering. With a period low of 37.26 and high of 115.08, and the current price sitting 36% of the way up from the low, the price is closer to the low than the high within that range.

A plain-English restatement of the calculated figures shown above, with no external information used. Written 11 Aug, 14:43 UTC.

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Figures are calculated from closing prices and exclude dividends, coupons and the cost of rolling futures contracts. Volatility is annualised using 252 trading days. Past movement describes what happened and implies nothing about what happens next.