Distance from the record
This close sat 66.16% 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 8 April 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.44 per troy ounce on 8 April 2015, down $0.385 (2.29%) from the previous close of $16.83.
Silver lost 2.29% 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 66.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $20.04, making this a -17.97% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.44 per troy ounce on 8 April 2015. That is $0.39 lower than the previous close of $16.83, a move of -2.29%.
The silver price fell on 8 April 2015, losing $0.39 (2.29%) against the previous session's close of $16.83.
At $16.44 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 8 April 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.2 on 8 April 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 8 April 2015, silver was around $20.04 per troy ounce. The close of $16.44 therefore represents a fall of 18.0% over twelve months.
It closed 66.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.