Distance from the record
This close sat 71.73% 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 14 January 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 17 December 2015
Silver closed at $13.74 per troy ounce on 14 January 2016, down $0.408 (2.88%) from the previous close of $14.15.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; lowest close of the month.
Silver lost 2.88% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 71.73% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 249 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.96, making this a -18.98% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.74 per troy ounce on 14 January 2016. That is $0.41 lower than the previous close of $14.15, a move of -2.88%.
The silver price fell on 14 January 2016, losing $0.41 (2.88%) against the previous session's close of $14.15.
At $13.74 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.44 on 14 January 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.2 on 14 January 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 14 January 2016, silver was around $14.34 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.74 is a loss of 4.2% over the week.
A year before 14 January 2016, silver was around $16.96 per troy ounce. The close of $13.74 therefore represents a fall of 19.0% over twelve months.
It closed 71.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.