Lowest closing price since 1 August 2007
Silver closed at $13.61 per troy ounce on 1 August 2008, down $4.143 (23.34%) from the previous close of $17.75.
Notable session: one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.06, making this a +12.80% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.61 per troy ounce on 1 August 2008. That is $4.14 lower than the previous close of $17.75, a move of -23.34%.
The silver price fell on 1 August 2008, losing $4.14 (23.34%) against the previous session's close of $17.75.
At $13.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.44 on 1 August 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.9 on 1 August 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 August 2008, silver was around $17.75 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.61 is a loss of 23.3% over the week.
A month before 1 August 2008, silver was around $17.75 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.61 is a loss of 23.3% over the month.
A year before 1 August 2008, silver was around $12.06 per troy ounce. The close of $13.61 therefore represents a rise of 12.8% over twelve months.