Distance from the record
This close sat 71.10% 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 22 January 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.04 per troy ounce on 22 January 2016, down $0.040 (0.28%) from the previous close of $14.08.
This close sat 71.10% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 241 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.35, making this a -23.45% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.04 per troy ounce on 22 January 2016. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $14.08, a move of -0.28%.
The silver price fell on 22 January 2016, losing $0.04 (0.28%) against the previous session's close of $14.08.
At $14.04 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 22 January 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.1 on 22 January 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 22 January 2016, silver was around $18.35 per troy ounce. The close of $14.04 therefore represents a fall of 23.5% over twelve months.
It closed 71.10% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.