Distance from the record
This close sat 67.69% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 October 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 2 October 2015
Silver closed at $15.70 per troy ounce on 21 October 2015, down $0.209 (1.31%) from the previous close of $15.90.
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 67.69% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.50, making this a -10.33% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.70 per troy ounce on 21 October 2015. That is $0.21 lower than the previous close of $15.90, a move of -1.31%.
The silver price fell on 21 October 2015, losing $0.21 (1.31%) against the previous session's close of $15.90.
At $15.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 21 October 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.4 on 21 October 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 October 2015, silver was around $16.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.70 is a loss of 2.5% over the week.
It closed 67.69% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.