Distance from the record
This close sat 64.19% 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 17 June 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 17 June 2016, down $0.194 (1.10%) from the previous close of $17.59.
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 64.19% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.94, making this a +9.16% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 17 June 2016. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $17.59, a move of -1.10%.
The silver price fell on 17 June 2016, losing $0.19 (1.10%) against the previous session's close of $17.59.
At $17.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 17 June 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.3 on 17 June 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 64.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.