Distance from the record
This close sat 61.12% 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 13 September 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 August 2016
Silver closed at $18.89 per troy ounce on 13 September 2016, down $0.025 (0.13%) from the previous close of $18.92.
This close extended a run of 5 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 61.12% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.49, making this a +30.37% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.89 per troy ounce on 13 September 2016. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $18.92, a move of -0.13%.
The silver price fell on 13 September 2016, losing $0.03 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $18.92.
At $18.89 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.61 on 13 September 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.8 on 13 September 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 September 2016, silver was around $20.05 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.89 is a loss of 5.8% over the week.
A year before 13 September 2016, silver was around $14.49 per troy ounce. The close of $18.89 therefore represents a rise of 30.4% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 61.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.