Distance from the record
This close sat 68.51% 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 21 August 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.30 per troy ounce on 21 August 2015, down $0.216 (1.39%) from the previous close of $15.52.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 68.51% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.39, making this a -21.09% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.30 per troy ounce on 21 August 2015. That is $0.22 lower than the previous close of $15.52, a move of -1.39%.
The silver price fell on 21 August 2015, losing $0.22 (1.39%) against the previous session's close of $15.52.
At $15.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 21 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.8 on 21 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 21 August 2015, silver was around $19.39 per troy ounce. The close of $15.30 therefore represents a fall of 21.1% over twelve months.
It closed 68.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.