Distance from the record
This close sat 66.34% 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 January 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.35 per troy ounce on 8 January 2015, down $0.159 (0.96%) from the previous close of $16.51.
This close sat 66.34% 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 -16.23% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.35 per troy ounce on 8 January 2015. That is $0.16 lower than the previous close of $16.51, a move of -0.96%.
The silver price fell on 8 January 2015, losing $0.16 (0.96%) against the previous session's close of $16.51.
At $16.35 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 8 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.9 on 8 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 January 2015, silver was around $15.56 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.35 is a gain of 5.0% over the week.
A year before 8 January 2015, silver was around $19.52 per troy ounce. The close of $16.35 therefore represents a fall of 16.2% over twelve months.
It closed 66.34% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.