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 20 December 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.05 per troy ounce on 20 December 2016, up $0.028 (0.17%) from the previous close of $16.03.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 66.96% 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 +14.02% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.05 per troy ounce on 20 December 2016. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $16.03, a move of 0.17%.
The silver price rose on 20 December 2016, gaining $0.03 (0.17%) against the previous session's close of $16.03.
At $16.05 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 20 December 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.5 on 20 December 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 December 2016, silver was around $16.91 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.05 is a loss of 5.1% over the week.
A year before 20 December 2016, silver was around $14.08 per troy ounce. The close of $16.05 therefore represents a rise of 14.0% over twelve months.
It closed 66.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.