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 12 August 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 July 2015
Silver closed at $15.47 per troy ounce on 12 August 2015, up $0.192 (1.26%) from the previous close of $15.28.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 68.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.87, making this a -22.13% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.47 per troy ounce on 12 August 2015. That is $0.19 higher than the previous close of $15.28, a move of 1.26%.
The silver price rose on 12 August 2015, gaining $0.19 (1.26%) against the previous session's close of $15.28.
At $15.47 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 12 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.6 on 12 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 August 2015, silver was around $14.55 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.47 is a gain of 6.4% over the week.
A year before 12 August 2015, silver was around $19.87 per troy ounce. The close of $15.47 therefore represents a fall of 22.1% over twelve months.
It closed 68.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.