Distance from the record
This close sat 3.71% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-01-09.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 January 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $8.880 per troy ounce on 20 January 2006, down $0.178 (1.97%) from the previous close of $9.058.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 3.71% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-01-09.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 243 of 245 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.543, making this a +35.72% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $8.88 per troy ounce on 20 January 2006. That is $0.18 lower than the previous close of $9.06, a move of -1.97%.
The silver price fell on 20 January 2006, losing $0.18 (1.97%) against the previous session's close of $9.06.
At $8.88 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.29 on 20 January 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.3 on 20 January 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 January 2006, silver was around $9.11 per troy ounce, so the close of $8.88 is a loss of 2.5% over the week.
A month before 20 January 2006, silver was around $8.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $8.88 is a gain of 6.8% over the month.
A year before 20 January 2006, silver was around $6.54 per troy ounce. The close of $8.88 therefore represents a rise of 35.7% over twelve months.
It closed 3.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-01-09.