Distance from the record
This close sat 67.20% 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 30 December 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.94 per troy ounce on 30 December 2016, down $0.227 (1.40%) from the previous close of $16.16.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 67.20% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.81, making this a +15.36% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.94 per troy ounce on 30 December 2016. That is $0.23 lower than the previous close of $16.16, a move of -1.40%.
The silver price fell on 30 December 2016, losing $0.23 (1.40%) against the previous session's close of $16.16.
At $15.94 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 30 December 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.2 on 30 December 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 30 December 2016, silver was around $13.81 per troy ounce. The close of $15.94 therefore represents a rise of 15.4% over twelve months.
It closed 67.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.