Distance from the record
This close sat 65.75% 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 27 May 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 12 May 2015
Silver closed at $16.64 per troy ounce on 27 May 2015, down $0.096 (0.57%) from the previous close of $16.73.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 65.75% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.04, making this a -12.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.64 per troy ounce on 27 May 2015. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $16.73, a move of -0.57%.
The silver price fell on 27 May 2015, losing $0.10 (0.57%) against the previous session's close of $16.73.
At $16.64 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 27 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.3 on 27 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 May 2015, silver was around $17.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.64 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
A year before 27 May 2015, silver was around $19.04 per troy ounce. The close of $16.64 therefore represents a fall of 12.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 65.75% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.