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 18 August 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $22.69 per troy ounce on 18 August 2023, up $0.025 (0.11%) from the previous close of $22.67.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.11% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 53.29% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.45, making this a +16.70% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.69 per troy ounce on 18 August 2023. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $22.67, a move of 0.11%.
The silver price rose on 18 August 2023, gaining $0.02 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $22.67.
At $22.69 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.73 on 18 August 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.1 on 18 August 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 18 August 2023, silver was around $25.08 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.69 is a loss of 9.5% over the month.
A year before 18 August 2023, silver was around $19.45 per troy ounce. The close of $22.69 therefore represents a rise of 16.7% over twelve months.
It closed 53.29% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.