Distance from the record
This close sat 68.01% 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 2 January 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.54 per troy ounce on 2 January 2019, down $0.480 (3.00%) from the previous close of $16.02.
Silver lost 3.00% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 68.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.12, making this a -9.22% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.54 per troy ounce on 2 January 2019. That is $0.48 lower than the previous close of $16.02, a move of -3.00%.
The silver price fell on 2 January 2019, losing $0.48 (3.00%) against the previous session's close of $16.02.
At $15.54 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 2 January 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.4 on 2 January 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 January 2019, silver was around $15.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.54 is a gain of 3.6% over the week.
A month before 2 January 2019, silver was around $14.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.54 is a gain of 10.3% over the month.
It closed 68.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.