Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 May 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.56 per troy ounce on 5 May 2015, up $0.139 (0.85%) from the previous close of $16.42.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 65.92% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.52, making this a -15.18% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.56 per troy ounce on 5 May 2015. That is $0.14 higher than the previous close of $16.42, a move of 0.85%.
The silver price rose on 5 May 2015, gaining $0.14 (0.85%) against the previous session's close of $16.42.
At $16.56 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 5 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.1 on 5 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 5 May 2015, silver was around $19.52 per troy ounce. The close of $16.56 therefore represents a fall of 15.2% over twelve months.
It closed 65.92% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.