Highest closing price since 1 August 2014
Silver closed at $17.79 per troy ounce on 1 April 2016, up $2.329 (15.06%) from the previous close of $15.46.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.12, making this a +10.33% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.79 per troy ounce on 1 April 2016. That is $2.33 higher than the previous close of $15.46, a move of 15.06%.
The silver price rose on 1 April 2016, gaining $2.33 (15.06%) against the previous session's close of $15.46.
At $17.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 1 April 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.5 on 1 April 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2016, silver was around $15.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.79 is a gain of 15.1% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2016, silver was around $15.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.79 is a gain of 15.1% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2016, silver was around $16.12 per troy ounce. The close of $17.79 therefore represents a rise of 10.3% over twelve months.