Distance from the record
This close sat 66.81% 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 30 April 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.3% in a single session
Silver closed at $16.12 per troy ounce on 30 April 2015, down $0.546 (3.28%) from the previous close of $16.67.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.28% 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 66.81% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.12, making this a -15.67% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.12 per troy ounce on 30 April 2015. That is $0.55 lower than the previous close of $16.67, a move of -3.28%.
The silver price fell on 30 April 2015, losing $0.55 (3.28%) against the previous session's close of $16.67.
At $16.12 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 30 April 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.3 on 30 April 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 30 April 2015, silver was around $19.12 per troy ounce. The close of $16.12 therefore represents a fall of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 66.81% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.