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 18 January 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 24 October 2000
Silver closed at $4.794 per troy ounce on 18 January 2001, up $0.084 (1.78%) from the previous close of $4.710.
This close extended a run of 5 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 4.18% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 4 of 247 sessions.
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Silver closed at $4.79 per troy ounce on 18 January 2001. That is $0.08 higher than the previous close of $4.71, a move of 1.78%.
The silver price rose on 18 January 2001, gaining $0.08 (1.78%) against the previous session's close of $4.71.
At $4.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 18 January 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.1 on 18 January 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 January 2001, silver was around $4.56 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.79 is a gain of 5.2% over the week.
This close was session 5 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 4.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.