Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 16 July 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 27 February 2019
Silver closed at $15.60 per troy ounce on 16 July 2019, up $0.310 (2.03%) from the previous close of $15.29.
This was a 2.03% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 67.89% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.73, making this a -0.86% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.60 per troy ounce on 16 July 2019. That is $0.31 higher than the previous close of $15.29, a move of 2.03%.
The silver price rose on 16 July 2019, gaining $0.31 (2.03%) against the previous session's close of $15.29.
At $15.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 16 July 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 90.3 on 16 July 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 90.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 July 2019, silver was around $15.07 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.60 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 16 July 2019, silver was around $14.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.60 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
This close was session 3 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 67.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 5 months earlier — 95 trading sessions before this one.