Distance from the record
This close sat 71.84% 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 17 December 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.8% in a single session
Silver closed at $13.68 per troy ounce on 17 December 2015, down $0.535 (3.76%) from the previous close of $14.22.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.76% 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 71.84% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 249 of 250 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.89, making this a -13.89% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.68 per troy ounce on 17 December 2015. That is $0.54 lower than the previous close of $14.22, a move of -3.76%.
The silver price fell on 17 December 2015, losing $0.54 (3.76%) against the previous session's close of $14.22.
At $13.68 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.44 on 17 December 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.8 on 17 December 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 December 2015, silver was around $14.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.68 is a loss of 2.9% over the week.
A year before 17 December 2015, silver was around $15.89 per troy ounce. The close of $13.68 therefore represents a fall of 13.9% over twelve months.
It closed 71.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.