Distance from the record
This close sat 60.31% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 September 2016, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $19.28 per troy ounce on 9 September 2016, down $0.309 (1.58%) from the previous close of $19.59.
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 60.31% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.57, making this a +32.36% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.28 per troy ounce on 9 September 2016. That is $0.31 lower than the previous close of $19.59, a move of -1.58%.
The silver price fell on 9 September 2016, losing $0.31 (1.58%) against the previous session's close of $19.59.
At $19.28 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.62 on 9 September 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.0 on 9 September 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 9 September 2016, silver was around $14.57 per troy ounce. The close of $19.28 therefore represents a rise of 32.4% over twelve months.
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 60.31% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.