Distance from the record
This close sat 70.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 15 August 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 2 February 2016
Silver closed at $14.42 per troy ounce on 15 August 2018, down $0.604 (4.02%) from the previous close of $15.02.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.02% 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 close sat 70.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.69, making this a -13.59% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.42 per troy ounce on 15 August 2018. That is $0.60 lower than the previous close of $15.02, a move of -4.02%.
The silver price fell on 15 August 2018, losing $0.60 (4.02%) against the previous session's close of $15.02.
At $14.42 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.46 on 15 August 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 81.7 on 15 August 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 81.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 August 2018, silver was around $15.38 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.42 is a loss of 6.2% over the week.
A month before 15 August 2018, silver was around $15.74 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.42 is a loss of 8.4% over the month.
A year before 15 August 2018, silver was around $16.69 per troy ounce. The close of $14.42 therefore represents a fall of 13.6% over twelve months.
It closed 70.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.