Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 August 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.30 per troy ounce on 17 August 2015, up $0.085 (0.56%) from the previous close of $15.21.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 68.52% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.49, making this a -21.52% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.30 per troy ounce on 17 August 2015. That is $0.09 higher than the previous close of $15.21, a move of 0.56%.
The silver price rose on 17 August 2015, gaining $0.09 (0.56%) against the previous session's close of $15.21.
At $15.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 17 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.1 on 17 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 August 2015, silver was around $19.49 per troy ounce. The close of $15.30 therefore represents a fall of 21.5% over twelve months.
It closed 68.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.