Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 28 July 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 July 2016
Silver closed at $20.16 per troy ounce on 28 July 2016, up $0.195 (0.98%) from the previous close of $19.97.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 58.50% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 9 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.63, making this a +37.79% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $20.16 per troy ounce on 28 July 2016. That is $0.19 higher than the previous close of $19.97, a move of 0.98%.
The silver price rose on 28 July 2016, gaining $0.19 (0.98%) against the previous session's close of $19.97.
At $20.16 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.65 on 28 July 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.1 on 28 July 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 28 July 2016, silver was around $17.84 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.16 is a gain of 13.0% over the month.
A year before 28 July 2016, silver was around $14.63 per troy ounce. The close of $20.16 therefore represents a rise of 37.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 58.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.