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 16 December 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 December 2019
Silver closed at $17.02 per troy ounce on 16 December 2019, up $0.107 (0.63%) from the previous close of $16.91.
This close extended a run of 6 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.51, making this a +17.27% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.02 per troy ounce on 16 December 2019. That is $0.11 higher than the previous close of $16.91, a move of 0.63%.
The silver price rose on 16 December 2019, gaining $0.11 (0.63%) against the previous session's close of $16.91.
At $17.02 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 16 December 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.7 on 16 December 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 December 2019, silver was around $16.53 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.02 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A year before 16 December 2019, silver was around $14.51 per troy ounce. The close of $17.02 therefore represents a rise of 17.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 6 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 64.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.