Distance from the record
This close sat 60.49% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 September 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $19.19 per troy ounce on 20 September 2016, down $0.011 (0.06%) from the previous close of $19.21.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.06% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 60.49% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.15, making this a +26.67% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.19 per troy ounce on 20 September 2016. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $19.21, a move of -0.06%.
The silver price fell on 20 September 2016, losing $0.01 (0.06%) against the previous session's close of $19.21.
At $19.19 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.62 on 20 September 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.4 on 20 September 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.4 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 September 2016, silver was around $15.15 per troy ounce. The close of $19.19 therefore represents a rise of 26.7% over twelve months.
It closed 60.49% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.