Distance from the record
This close sat 68.58% 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 10 August 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 7 April 2016
Silver closed at $15.27 per troy ounce on 10 August 2018, down $0.153 (0.99%) from the previous close of $15.42.
Silver had not closed this low for about 2 years. Breaking below a level held that long is the kind of move that tends to set the tone for the sessions that follow.
This close sat 68.58% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.04, making this a -10.39% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.27 per troy ounce on 10 August 2018. That is $0.15 lower than the previous close of $15.42, a move of -0.99%.
The silver price fell on 10 August 2018, losing $0.15 (0.99%) against the previous session's close of $15.42.
At $15.27 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 10 August 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.3 on 10 August 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 68.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.