Distance from the record
This close sat 64.91% 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 19 May 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.7% in a single session
Silver closed at $17.05 per troy ounce on 19 May 2015, down $0.662 (3.74%) from the previous close of $17.71.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.74% 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 64.91% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.32, making this a -11.76% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.05 per troy ounce on 19 May 2015. That is $0.66 lower than the previous close of $17.71, a move of -3.74%.
The silver price fell on 19 May 2015, losing $0.66 (3.74%) against the previous session's close of $17.71.
At $17.05 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 19 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 19 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 May 2015, silver was around $16.51 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.05 is a gain of 3.3% over the week.
A month before 19 May 2015, silver was around $16.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.05 is a gain of 5.1% over the month.
It closed 64.91% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.