Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 December 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.03 per troy ounce on 19 December 2016, down $0.127 (0.79%) from the previous close of $16.15.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 67.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.08, making this a +13.82% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.03 per troy ounce on 19 December 2016. That is $0.13 lower than the previous close of $16.15, a move of -0.79%.
The silver price fell on 19 December 2016, losing $0.13 (0.79%) against the previous session's close of $16.15.
At $16.03 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 19 December 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.2 on 19 December 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 December 2016, silver was around $17.12 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.03 is a loss of 6.4% over the week.
A year before 19 December 2016, silver was around $14.08 per troy ounce. The close of $16.03 therefore represents a rise of 13.8% over twelve months.
It closed 67.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.