Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 2 May 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.66 per troy ounce on 2 May 2016, down $0.133 (0.75%) from the previous close of $17.79.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 63.66% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.68, making this a +5.83% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.66 per troy ounce on 2 May 2016. That is $0.13 lower than the previous close of $17.79, a move of -0.75%.
The silver price fell on 2 May 2016, losing $0.13 (0.75%) against the previous session's close of $17.79.
At $17.66 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 2 May 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.3 on 2 May 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 May 2016, silver was around $17.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.66 is a gain of 3.8% over the week.
It closed 63.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.