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 2 September 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 19 August 2016
Silver closed at $19.28 per troy ounce on 2 September 2016, up $0.137 (0.72%) from the previous close of $19.14.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 60.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.66, making this a +31.48% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.28 per troy ounce on 2 September 2016. That is $0.14 higher than the previous close of $19.14, a move of 0.72%.
The silver price rose on 2 September 2016, gaining $0.14 (0.72%) against the previous session's close of $19.14.
At $19.28 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.62 on 2 September 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.6 on 2 September 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 September 2016, silver was around $18.65 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.28 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
A month before 2 September 2016, silver was around $20.67 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.28 is a loss of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 2 September 2016, silver was around $14.66 per troy ounce. The close of $19.28 therefore represents a rise of 31.5% over twelve months.
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 60.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.