Distance from the record
This close sat 66.73% 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 9 April 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.16 per troy ounce on 9 April 2015, down $0.276 (1.68%) from the previous close of $16.44.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 66.73% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.75, making this a -18.18% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.16 per troy ounce on 9 April 2015. That is $0.28 lower than the previous close of $16.44, a move of -1.68%.
The silver price fell on 9 April 2015, losing $0.28 (1.68%) against the previous session's close of $16.44.
At $16.16 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 9 April 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.8 on 9 April 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 April 2015, silver was around $16.69 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.16 is a loss of 3.1% over the week.
A year before 9 April 2015, silver was around $19.75 per troy ounce. The close of $16.16 therefore represents a fall of 18.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 66.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.