Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 February 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 30 October 2015
Silver closed at $15.42 per troy ounce on 8 February 2016, up $0.652 (4.42%) from the previous close of $14.76.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 4.42% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 68.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.68, making this a -7.57% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $15.42 per troy ounce on 8 February 2016. That is $0.65 higher than the previous close of $14.76, a move of 4.42%.
The silver price rose on 8 February 2016, gaining $0.65 (4.42%) against the previous session's close of $14.76.
At $15.42 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 8 February 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.7 on 8 February 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 February 2016, silver was around $14.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.42 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 8 February 2016, silver was around $13.91 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.42 is a gain of 10.8% over the month.
It closed 68.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 68 trading sessions before this one.