Distance from the record
This close sat 15.68% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 15 August 2007, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 5 July 2007
Silver closed at $12.52 per troy ounce on 15 August 2007, down $0.189 (1.49%) from the previous close of $12.71.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 15.68% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.06, making this a +3.83% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.52 per troy ounce on 15 August 2007. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $12.71, a move of -1.49%.
The silver price fell on 15 August 2007, losing $0.19 (1.49%) against the previous session's close of $12.71.
At $12.52 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.40 on 15 August 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.4 on 15 August 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 August 2007, silver was around $13.12 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.52 is a loss of 4.6% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 15.68% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.