Distance from the record
This close sat 70.06% 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 5 August 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.55 per troy ounce on 5 August 2015, down $0.004 (0.03%) from the previous close of $14.55.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 70.06% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.79, making this a -26.51% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.55 per troy ounce on 5 August 2015. That is $0.00 lower than the previous close of $14.55, a move of -0.03%.
The silver price fell on 5 August 2015, losing $0.00 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $14.55.
At $14.55 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 5 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.6 on 5 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 August 2015, silver was around $15.54 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.55 is a loss of 6.4% over the month.
A year before 5 August 2015, silver was around $19.79 per troy ounce. The close of $14.55 therefore represents a fall of 26.5% over twelve months.
It closed 70.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.