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 19 October 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 5 October 2016
Silver closed at $17.62 per troy ounce on 19 October 2016, up $0.025 (0.14%) from the previous close of $17.59.
This close extended a run of 3 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 63.74% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.83, making this a +11.29% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.62 per troy ounce on 19 October 2016. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $17.59, a move of 0.14%.
The silver price rose on 19 October 2016, gaining $0.02 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $17.59.
At $17.62 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 19 October 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.0 on 19 October 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 October 2016, silver was around $19.21 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.62 is a loss of 8.3% 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 63.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.