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 January 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $13.82 per troy ounce on 4 January 2016, down $0.412 (2.90%) from the previous close of $14.23.
Silver lost 2.90% 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 71.56% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 247 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.73, making this a -12.18% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.82 per troy ounce on 4 January 2016. That is $0.41 lower than the previous close of $14.23, a move of -2.90%.
The silver price fell on 4 January 2016, losing $0.41 (2.90%) against the previous session's close of $14.23.
At $13.82 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.44 on 4 January 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.8 on 4 January 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 4 January 2016, silver was around $15.73 per troy ounce. The close of $13.82 therefore represents a fall of 12.2% over twelve months.
It closed 71.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.