Distance from the record
This close sat 59.43% 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 17 August 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 27 July 2022
Silver closed at $19.71 per troy ounce on 17 August 2022, down $0.354 (1.76%) from the previous close of $20.07.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 59.43% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $23.65, making this a -16.65% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.71 per troy ounce on 17 August 2022. That is $0.35 lower than the previous close of $20.07, a move of -1.76%.
The silver price fell on 17 August 2022, losing $0.35 (1.76%) against the previous session's close of $20.07.
At $19.71 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.63 on 17 August 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 89.3 on 17 August 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 89.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 August 2022, silver was around $20.72 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.71 is a loss of 4.9% over the week.
A month before 17 August 2022, silver was around $18.55 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.71 is a gain of 6.3% over the month.
A year before 17 August 2022, silver was around $23.65 per troy ounce. The close of $19.71 therefore represents a fall of 16.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 59.43% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.