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Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $78.29 per troy ounce on 1 January 2026, up $8.156 (11.63%) from the previous close of $70.13.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $32.13, making this a +143.68% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $78.29 per troy ounce on 1 January 2026. That is $8.16 higher than the previous close of $70.13, a move of 11.63%.
The silver price rose on 1 January 2026, gaining $8.16 (11.63%) against the previous session's close of $70.13.
At $78.29 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $2.52 on 1 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.2 on 1 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 January 2026, silver was around $71.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $78.29 is a gain of 10.2% over the week.
A month before 1 January 2026, silver was around $70.13 per troy ounce, so the close of $78.29 is a gain of 11.6% over the month.
A year before 1 January 2026, silver was around $32.13 per troy ounce. The close of $78.29 therefore represents a rise of 143.7% over twelve months.