Distance from the record
This close sat 69.56% 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 18 August 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 August 2015
Silver closed at $14.79 per troy ounce on 18 August 2015, down $0.508 (3.32%) from the previous close of $15.30.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.32% 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 69.56% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.60, making this a -24.56% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.79 per troy ounce on 18 August 2015. That is $0.51 lower than the previous close of $15.30, a move of -3.32%.
The silver price fell on 18 August 2015, losing $0.51 (3.32%) against the previous session's close of $15.30.
At $14.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.48 on 18 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.5 on 18 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 August 2015, silver was around $15.28 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.79 is a loss of 3.2% over the week.
A year before 18 August 2015, silver was around $19.60 per troy ounce. The close of $14.79 therefore represents a fall of 24.6% over twelve months.
It closed 69.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.