Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 January 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 December 2012
Silver closed at $31.79 per troy ounce on 17 January 2013, up $0.272 (0.86%) from the previous close of $31.51.
This close extended a run of 4 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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 34.58% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 7 of 248 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $30.11, making this a +5.58% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $31.79 per troy ounce on 17 January 2013. That is $0.27 higher than the previous close of $31.51, a move of 0.86%.
The silver price rose on 17 January 2013, gaining $0.27 (0.86%) against the previous session's close of $31.51.
At $31.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.02 on 17 January 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.2 on 17 January 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 January 2013, silver was around $30.88 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.79 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 34.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.