Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 2 August 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 7 April 2016
Silver closed at $15.33 per troy ounce on 2 August 2018, down $0.171 (1.10%) from the previous close of $15.50.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 68.45% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.70, making this a -8.19% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $15.33 per troy ounce on 2 August 2018. That is $0.17 lower than the previous close of $15.50, a move of -1.10%.
The silver price fell on 2 August 2018, losing $0.17 (1.10%) against the previous session's close of $15.50.
At $15.33 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 2 August 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.0 on 2 August 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 68.45% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.