Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 16 January 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 January 2001
Silver closed at $4.677 per troy ounce on 16 January 2001, up $0.055 (1.19%) from the previous close of $4.622.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 6.52% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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Silver closed at $4.68 per troy ounce on 16 January 2001. That is $0.05 higher than the previous close of $4.62, a move of 1.19%.
The silver price rose on 16 January 2001, gaining $0.05 (1.19%) against the previous session's close of $4.62.
At $4.68 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 16 January 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.3 on 16 January 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 January 2001, silver was around $4.55 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.68 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 6.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.