Distance from the record
This close sat 59.97% 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 18 August 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 27 July 2022
Silver closed at $19.45 per troy ounce on 18 August 2022, down $0.263 (1.33%) from the previous close of $19.71.
This close extended a run of 4 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 59.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $23.41, making this a -16.93% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.45 per troy ounce on 18 August 2022. That is $0.26 lower than the previous close of $19.71, a move of -1.33%.
The silver price fell on 18 August 2022, losing $0.26 (1.33%) against the previous session's close of $19.71.
At $19.45 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.63 on 18 August 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 90.3 on 18 August 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 90.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 August 2022, silver was around $20.33 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.45 is a loss of 4.3% over the week.
A year before 18 August 2022, silver was around $23.41 per troy ounce. The close of $19.45 therefore represents a fall of 16.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 59.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.