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 5 August 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.34 per troy ounce on 5 August 2019, up $0.123 (0.76%) from the previous close of $16.22.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 66.36% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.41, making this a +6.10% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.34 per troy ounce on 5 August 2019. That is $0.12 higher than the previous close of $16.22, a move of 0.76%.
The silver price rose on 5 August 2019, gaining $0.12 (0.76%) against the previous session's close of $16.22.
At $16.34 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 5 August 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 89.6 on 5 August 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 89.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 August 2019, silver was around $14.92 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.34 is a gain of 9.6% over the month.
It closed 66.36% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.