Distance from the record
This close sat 69.77% 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 29 August 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.69 per troy ounce on 29 August 2018, down $0.079 (0.53%) from the previous close of $14.77.
This close sat 69.77% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.42, making this a -15.69% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.69 per troy ounce on 29 August 2018. That is $0.08 lower than the previous close of $14.77, a move of -0.53%.
The silver price fell on 29 August 2018, losing $0.08 (0.53%) against the previous session's close of $14.77.
At $14.69 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 29 August 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.0 on 29 August 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 29 August 2018, silver was around $17.42 per troy ounce. The close of $14.69 therefore represents a fall of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 69.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.