Distance from the record
This close sat 71.42% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 15 January 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $13.88 per troy ounce on 15 January 2016, up $0.147 (1.07%) from the previous close of $13.74.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 71.42% 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 245 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.07, making this a -18.68% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.88 per troy ounce on 15 January 2016. That is $0.15 higher than the previous close of $13.74, a move of 1.07%.
The silver price rose on 15 January 2016, gaining $0.15 (1.07%) against the previous session's close of $13.74.
At $13.88 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 15 January 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.6 on 15 January 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 15 January 2016, silver was around $17.07 per troy ounce. The close of $13.88 therefore represents a fall of 18.7% over twelve months.
It closed 71.42% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.