Distance from the record
This close sat 65.22% 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 9 August 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.90 per troy ounce on 9 August 2019, down $0.004 (0.02%) from the previous close of $16.90.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.02% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 65.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.42, making this a +9.59% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.90 per troy ounce on 9 August 2019. That is $0.00 lower than the previous close of $16.90, a move of -0.02%.
The silver price fell on 9 August 2019, losing $0.00 (0.02%) against the previous session's close of $16.90.
At $16.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 9 August 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 88.6 on 9 August 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 88.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 August 2019, silver was around $16.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.90 is a gain of 4.2% over the week.
A month before 9 August 2019, silver was around $15.07 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.90 is a gain of 12.1% over the month.
It closed 65.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.