Distance from the record
This close sat 66.07% 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 6 May 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.48 per troy ounce on 6 May 2015, down $0.073 (0.44%) from the previous close of $16.56.
This close sat 66.07% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.60, making this a -15.89% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.48 per troy ounce on 6 May 2015. That is $0.07 lower than the previous close of $16.56, a move of -0.44%.
The silver price fell on 6 May 2015, losing $0.07 (0.44%) against the previous session's close of $16.56.
At $16.48 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 6 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.2 on 6 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 6 May 2015, silver was around $19.60 per troy ounce. The close of $16.48 therefore represents a fall of 15.9% over twelve months.
It closed 66.07% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.