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 19 January 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 December 2009
Silver closed at $18.78 per troy ounce on 19 January 2010, up $0.373 (2.03%) from the previous close of $18.41.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
This was a 2.03% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 9.19% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $11.19, making this a +67.79% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $18.78 per troy ounce on 19 January 2010. That is $0.37 higher than the previous close of $18.41, a move of 2.03%.
The silver price rose on 19 January 2010, gaining $0.37 (2.03%) against the previous session's close of $18.41.
At $18.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.60 on 19 January 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.7 on 19 January 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 January 2010, silver was around $18.24 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.78 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A month before 19 January 2010, silver was around $17.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.78 is a gain of 8.5% over the month.
A year before 19 January 2010, silver was around $11.19 per troy ounce. The close of $18.78 therefore represents a rise of 67.8% over twelve months.
It closed 9.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.