Distance from the record
This close sat 64.44% 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 May 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.28 per troy ounce on 4 May 2016, down $0.197 (1.13%) from the previous close of $17.47.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 64.44% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.42, making this a +5.23% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.28 per troy ounce on 4 May 2016. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $17.47, a move of -1.13%.
The silver price fell on 4 May 2016, losing $0.20 (1.13%) against the previous session's close of $17.47.
At $17.28 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 4 May 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.7 on 4 May 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 4 May 2016, silver was around $14.94 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.28 is a gain of 15.6% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 64.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.