Lowest closing price since 1 August 2009
Silver closed at $16.18 per troy ounce on 1 January 2010, down $0.639 (3.80%) from the previous close of $16.82.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.56, making this a +28.85% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.18 per troy ounce on 1 January 2010. That is $0.64 lower than the previous close of $16.82, a move of -3.80%.
The silver price fell on 1 January 2010, losing $0.64 (3.80%) against the previous session's close of $16.82.
At $16.18 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 1 January 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 1 January 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 January 2010, silver was around $16.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.18 is a loss of 3.8% over the week.
A month before 1 January 2010, silver was around $16.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.18 is a loss of 3.8% over the month.
A year before 1 January 2010, silver was around $12.56 per troy ounce. The close of $16.18 therefore represents a rise of 28.8% over twelve months.