Distance from the record
This close sat 51.45% 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 3 August 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 11 July 2023
Silver closed at $23.59 per troy ounce on 3 August 2023, down $0.168 (0.71%) from the previous close of $23.75.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 51.45% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.86, making this a +18.73% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.59 per troy ounce on 3 August 2023. That is $0.17 lower than the previous close of $23.75, a move of -0.71%.
The silver price fell on 3 August 2023, losing $0.17 (0.71%) against the previous session's close of $23.75.
At $23.59 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.76 on 3 August 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 81.9 on 3 August 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 81.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 August 2023, silver was around $24.24 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.59 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
A year before 3 August 2023, silver was around $19.86 per troy ounce. The close of $23.59 therefore represents a rise of 18.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 51.45% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.