Distance from the record
This close sat 68.43% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 July 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 7 April 2016
Silver closed at $15.34 per troy ounce on 19 July 2018, down $0.163 (1.05%) from the previous close of $15.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Silver had not closed this low for about 2 years. Breaking below a level held that long is the kind of move that tends to set the tone for the sessions that follow.
This close sat 68.43% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.25, making this a -5.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.34 per troy ounce on 19 July 2018. That is $0.16 lower than the previous close of $15.50, a move of -1.05%.
The silver price fell on 19 July 2018, losing $0.16 (1.05%) against the previous session's close of $15.50.
At $15.34 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 19 July 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.7 on 19 July 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 July 2018, silver was around $15.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.34 is a loss of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 19 July 2018, silver was around $16.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.34 is a loss of 5.9% over the month.
This close was session 5 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 68.43% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.