Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 August 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 4 April 2016
Silver closed at $14.95 per troy ounce on 13 August 2018, down $0.313 (2.05%) from the previous close of $15.27.
Silver lost 2.05% 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 69.22% 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 -12.25% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.95 per troy ounce on 13 August 2018. That is $0.31 lower than the previous close of $15.27, a move of -2.05%.
The silver price fell on 13 August 2018, losing $0.31 (2.05%) against the previous session's close of $15.27.
At $14.95 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.48 on 13 August 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.7 on 13 August 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 August 2018, silver was around $15.29 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.95 is a loss of 2.2% over the week.
A year before 13 August 2018, silver was around $17.04 per troy ounce. The close of $14.95 therefore represents a fall of 12.3% over twelve months.
It closed 69.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.