Distance from the record
This close sat 65.23% 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 18 January 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 28 December 2017
Silver closed at $16.89 per troy ounce on 18 January 2018, down $0.212 (1.24%) from the previous close of $17.10.
This close sat 65.23% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.24, making this a -1.98% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.89 per troy ounce on 18 January 2018. That is $0.21 lower than the previous close of $17.10, a move of -1.24%.
The silver price fell on 18 January 2018, losing $0.21 (1.24%) against the previous session's close of $17.10.
At $16.89 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 18 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 18 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 65.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.