Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 11 April 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 April 2016
Silver closed at $15.97 per troy ounce on 11 April 2016, up $0.592 (3.85%) from the previous close of $15.38.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 3.85% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 67.12% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.37, making this a -2.42% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $15.97 per troy ounce on 11 April 2016. That is $0.59 higher than the previous close of $15.38, a move of 3.85%.
The silver price rose on 11 April 2016, gaining $0.59 (3.85%) against the previous session's close of $15.38.
At $15.97 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 11 April 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.7 on 11 April 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 April 2016, silver was around $14.94 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.97 is a gain of 6.9% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 67.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.