Distance from the record
This close sat 71.09% 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 26 August 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 20 August 2009
Silver closed at $14.05 per troy ounce on 26 August 2015, down $0.565 (3.87%) from the previous close of $14.61.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.87% 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 71.09% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.37, making this a -27.49% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.05 per troy ounce on 26 August 2015. That is $0.56 lower than the previous close of $14.61, a move of -3.87%.
The silver price fell on 26 August 2015, losing $0.56 (3.87%) against the previous session's close of $14.61.
At $14.05 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 26 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 80.1 on 26 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 80.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 August 2015, silver was around $15.18 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.05 is a loss of 7.5% over the week.
A year before 26 August 2015, silver was around $19.37 per troy ounce. The close of $14.05 therefore represents a fall of 27.5% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 71.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.