Distance from the record
This close sat 58.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 January 2014, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $20.27 per troy ounce on 17 January 2014, up $0.242 (1.21%) from the previous close of $20.02.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 58.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $31.79, making this a -36.24% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $20.27 per troy ounce on 17 January 2014. That is $0.24 higher than the previous close of $20.02, a move of 1.21%.
The silver price rose on 17 January 2014, gaining $0.24 (1.21%) against the previous session's close of $20.02.
At $20.27 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.65 on 17 January 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.8 on 17 January 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 January 2014, silver was around $31.79 per troy ounce. The close of $20.27 therefore represents a fall of 36.2% over twelve months.
It closed 58.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.