Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 May 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 25 April 2016
Silver closed at $17.07 per troy ounce on 9 May 2016, down $0.437 (2.50%) from the previous close of $17.51.
Silver lost 2.50% 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 64.86% 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 +3.82% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.07 per troy ounce on 9 May 2016. That is $0.44 lower than the previous close of $17.51, a move of -2.50%.
The silver price fell on 9 May 2016, losing $0.44 (2.50%) against the previous session's close of $17.51.
At $17.07 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 9 May 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.1 on 9 May 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 May 2016, silver was around $17.66 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.07 is a loss of 3.3% over the week.
A month before 9 May 2016, silver was around $15.38 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.07 is a gain of 11.0% over the month.
It closed 64.86% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.