Highest closing price since 1 October 2015
Silver closed at $14.23 per troy ounce on 1 January 2016, up $0.454 (3.30%) from the previous close of $13.77.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.19, making this a -17.23% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.23 per troy ounce on 1 January 2016. That is $0.45 higher than the previous close of $13.77, a move of 3.30%.
The silver price rose on 1 January 2016, gaining $0.45 (3.30%) against the previous session's close of $13.77.
At $14.23 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.46 on 1 January 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 1 January 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 January 2016, silver was around $13.77 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.23 is a gain of 3.3% over the week.
A month before 1 January 2016, silver was around $13.77 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.23 is a gain of 3.3% over the month.
A year before 1 January 2016, silver was around $17.19 per troy ounce. The close of $14.23 therefore represents a fall of 17.2% over twelve months.