Distance from the record
This close sat 63.02% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 2 January 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.97 per troy ounce on 2 January 2020, down $0.006 (0.03%) from the previous close of $17.97.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 63.02% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.54, making this a +15.60% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.97 per troy ounce on 2 January 2020. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $17.97, a move of -0.03%.
The silver price fell on 2 January 2020, losing $0.01 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $17.97.
At $17.97 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.58 on 2 January 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.9 on 2 January 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 2 January 2020, silver was around $16.84 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.97 is a gain of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 2 January 2020, silver was around $15.54 per troy ounce. The close of $17.97 therefore represents a rise of 15.6% over twelve months.
It closed 63.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.