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 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 5 January 2018
Silver closed at $17.12 per troy ounce on 16 January 2018, up $0.053 (0.31%) from the previous close of $17.07.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.72, making this a +2.40% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.12 per troy ounce on 16 January 2018. That is $0.05 higher than the previous close of $17.07, a move of 0.31%.
The silver price rose on 16 January 2018, gaining $0.05 (0.31%) against the previous session's close of $17.07.
At $17.12 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 16 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.0 on 16 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 16 January 2018, silver was around $15.98 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.12 is a gain of 7.2% over the month.
It closed 64.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.