Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 23 August 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 25 January 2018
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 23 August 2019, up $0.381 (2.24%) from the previous close of $17.01.
This was a 2.24% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 64.20% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.53, making this a +19.74% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 23 August 2019. That is $0.38 higher than the previous close of $17.01, a move of 2.24%.
The silver price rose on 23 August 2019, gaining $0.38 (2.24%) against the previous session's close of $17.01.
At $17.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 23 August 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.8 on 23 August 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 23 August 2019, silver was around $16.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.40 is a gain of 6.0% over the month.
A year before 23 August 2019, silver was around $14.53 per troy ounce. The close of $17.40 therefore represents a rise of 19.7% over twelve months.
It closed 64.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 2 years earlier — 394 trading sessions before this one.