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 4 April 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 29 February 2016
Silver closed at $14.94 per troy ounce on 4 April 2016, down $2.847 (16.00%) from the previous close of $17.79.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 16.00% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 69.25% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.69, making this a -10.45% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.94 per troy ounce on 4 April 2016. That is $2.85 lower than the previous close of $17.79, a move of -16.00%.
The silver price fell on 4 April 2016, losing $2.85 (16.00%) against the previous session's close of $17.79.
At $14.94 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.48 on 4 April 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 81.5 on 4 April 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 81.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 69.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.