Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $84.61 per troy ounce on 12 January 2026, up $5.726 (7.26%) from the previous close of $78.88.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $31.09, making this a +172.14% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $84.61 per troy ounce on 12 January 2026. That is $5.73 higher than the previous close of $78.88, a move of 7.26%.
The silver price rose on 12 January 2026, gaining $5.73 (7.26%) against the previous session's close of $78.88.
At $84.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $2.72 on 12 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.4 on 12 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 January 2026, silver was around $76.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $84.61 is a gain of 11.1% over the week.
A month before 12 January 2026, silver was around $61.36 per troy ounce, so the close of $84.61 is a gain of 37.9% over the month.
A year before 12 January 2026, silver was around $31.09 per troy ounce. The close of $84.61 therefore represents a rise of 172.1% over twelve months.