Distance from the record
This close sat 67.65% 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 16 December 2014, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 December 2014
Silver closed at $15.72 per troy ounce on 16 December 2014, down $0.812 (4.91%) from the previous close of $16.53.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.91% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 67.65% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $20.05, making this a -21.62% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.72 per troy ounce on 16 December 2014. That is $0.81 lower than the previous close of $16.53, a move of -4.91%.
The silver price fell on 16 December 2014, losing $0.81 (4.91%) against the previous session's close of $16.53.
At $15.72 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 16 December 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.0 on 16 December 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 December 2014, silver was around $17.08 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.72 is a loss of 8.0% over the week.
A year before 16 December 2014, silver was around $20.05 per troy ounce. The close of $15.72 therefore represents a fall of 21.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 67.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.