Distance from the record
This close sat 70.28% 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 27 January 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.44 per troy ounce on 27 January 2016, down $0.104 (0.72%) from the previous close of $14.54.
This close sat 70.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.07, making this a -20.08% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $14.44 per troy ounce on 27 January 2016. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $14.54, a move of -0.72%.
The silver price fell on 27 January 2016, losing $0.10 (0.72%) against the previous session's close of $14.54.
At $14.44 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.46 on 27 January 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.3 on 27 January 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 January 2016, silver was around $14.15 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.44 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
A year before 27 January 2016, silver was around $18.07 per troy ounce. The close of $14.44 therefore represents a fall of 20.1% over twelve months.
It closed 70.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.