Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 12 May 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.51 per troy ounce on 12 May 2015, up $0.212 (1.30%) from the previous close of $16.30.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 66.02% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.50, making this a -15.33% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.51 per troy ounce on 12 May 2015. That is $0.21 higher than the previous close of $16.30, a move of 1.30%.
The silver price rose on 12 May 2015, gaining $0.21 (1.30%) against the previous session's close of $16.30.
At $16.51 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 12 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.2 on 12 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 12 May 2015, silver was around $19.50 per troy ounce. The close of $16.51 therefore represents a fall of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 66.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.