Distance from the record
This close sat 65.21% 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 8 August 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.90 per troy ounce on 8 August 2019, down $0.255 (1.49%) from the previous close of $17.16.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 65.21% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.38, making this a +9.92% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.90 per troy ounce on 8 August 2019. That is $0.26 lower than the previous close of $17.16, a move of -1.49%.
The silver price fell on 8 August 2019, losing $0.26 (1.49%) against the previous session's close of $17.16.
At $16.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 8 August 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 88.6 on 8 August 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 88.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 August 2019, silver was around $16.35 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.90 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
A month before 8 August 2019, silver was around $14.97 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.90 is a gain of 12.9% over the month.
It closed 65.21% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.