Distance from the record
This close sat 59.69% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 July 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 June 2016
Silver closed at $19.58 per troy ounce on 20 July 2016, down $0.393 (1.97%) from the previous close of $19.98.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 59.69% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.74, making this a +32.80% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.58 per troy ounce on 20 July 2016. That is $0.39 lower than the previous close of $19.98, a move of -1.97%.
The silver price fell on 20 July 2016, losing $0.39 (1.97%) against the previous session's close of $19.98.
At $19.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.63 on 20 July 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.3 on 20 July 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 July 2016, silver was around $20.37 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.58 is a loss of 3.9% over the week.
A month before 20 July 2016, silver was around $17.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.58 is a gain of 11.9% over the month.
A year before 20 July 2016, silver was around $14.74 per troy ounce. The close of $19.58 therefore represents a rise of 32.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 59.69% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.