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 8 April 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.38 per troy ounce on 8 April 2016, up $0.226 (1.49%) from the previous close of $15.16.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 68.34% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.44, making this a -6.44% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.38 per troy ounce on 8 April 2016. That is $0.23 higher than the previous close of $15.16, a move of 1.49%.
The silver price rose on 8 April 2016, gaining $0.23 (1.49%) against the previous session's close of $15.16.
At $15.38 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 8 April 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 80.8 on 8 April 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 80.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 April 2016, silver was around $17.79 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.38 is a loss of 13.5% over the week.
It closed 68.34% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.