Distance from the record
This close sat 68.82% 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 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.15 per troy ounce on 8 April 2020, down $0.275 (1.78%) from the previous close of $15.42.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 68.82% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.17, making this a -0.17% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.15 per troy ounce on 8 April 2020. That is $0.27 lower than the previous close of $15.42, a move of -1.78%.
The silver price fell on 8 April 2020, losing $0.27 (1.78%) against the previous session's close of $15.42.
At $15.15 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 8 April 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 109.9 on 8 April 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 109.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 8 April 2020, silver was around $17.21 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.15 is a loss of 12.0% over the month.
It closed 68.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.