Distance from the record
This close sat 67.51% 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 12 February 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.78 per troy ounce on 12 February 2016, down $0.004 (0.03%) from the previous close of $15.79.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 67.51% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.78, making this a -5.92% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.78 per troy ounce on 12 February 2016. That is $0.00 lower than the previous close of $15.79, a move of -0.03%.
The silver price fell on 12 February 2016, losing $0.00 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $15.79.
At $15.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 12 February 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 12 February 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 February 2016, silver was around $14.76 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.78 is a gain of 6.9% over the week.
A month before 12 February 2016, silver was around $13.74 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.78 is a gain of 14.9% over the month.
It closed 67.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.