Distance from the record
This close sat 69.20% 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 16 July 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.96 per troy ounce on 16 July 2015, down $0.064 (0.43%) from the previous close of $15.03.
This close extended a run of 4 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 69.20% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $20.73, making this a -27.80% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.96 per troy ounce on 16 July 2015. That is $0.06 lower than the previous close of $15.03, a move of -0.43%.
The silver price fell on 16 July 2015, losing $0.06 (0.43%) against the previous session's close of $15.03.
At $14.96 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.48 on 16 July 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.4 on 16 July 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 July 2015, silver was around $15.35 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.96 is a loss of 2.5% over the week.
A month before 16 July 2015, silver was around $15.96 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.96 is a loss of 6.2% over the month.
A year before 16 July 2015, silver was around $20.73 per troy ounce. The close of $14.96 therefore represents a fall of 27.8% 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 69.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.