Distance from the record
This close sat 58.00% 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 4 August 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $20.41 per troy ounce on 4 August 2016, down $0.030 (0.15%) from the previous close of $20.44.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.15% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 58.00% 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 3 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.55, making this a +40.25% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $20.41 per troy ounce on 4 August 2016. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $20.44, a move of -0.15%.
The silver price fell on 4 August 2016, losing $0.03 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $20.44.
At $20.41 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.66 on 4 August 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.6 on 4 August 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 4 August 2016, silver was around $14.55 per troy ounce. The close of $20.41 therefore represents a rise of 40.2% over twelve months.
It closed 58.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.