Distance from the record
This close sat 62.62% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 30 August 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 29 June 2020
Silver closed at $18.16 per troy ounce on 30 August 2022, down $0.396 (2.13%) from the previous close of $18.56.
Silver lost 2.13% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 62.62% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 240 of 245 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $23.96, making this a -24.21% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.16 per troy ounce on 30 August 2022. That is $0.40 lower than the previous close of $18.56, a move of -2.13%.
The silver price fell on 30 August 2022, losing $0.40 (2.13%) against the previous session's close of $18.56.
At $18.16 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.58 on 30 August 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 94.9 on 30 August 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 94.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 30 August 2022, silver was around $19.01 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.16 is a loss of 4.5% over the week.
A month before 30 August 2022, silver was around $20.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.16 is a loss of 9.9% over the month.
A year before 30 August 2022, silver was around $23.96 per troy ounce. The close of $18.16 therefore represents a fall of 24.2% 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 62.62% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.