Distance from the record
This close sat 15.42% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 January 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 4 January 2010
Silver closed at $17.50 per troy ounce on 21 January 2010, down $0.370 (2.07%) from the previous close of $17.87.
Silver lost 2.07% 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 15.42% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $11.31, making this a +54.63% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.50 per troy ounce on 21 January 2010. That is $0.37 lower than the previous close of $17.87, a move of -2.07%.
The silver price fell on 21 January 2010, losing $0.37 (2.07%) against the previous session's close of $17.87.
At $17.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 21 January 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.0 on 21 January 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 January 2010, silver was around $18.64 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.50 is a loss of 6.2% over the week.
A year before 21 January 2010, silver was around $11.31 per troy ounce. The close of $17.50 therefore represents a rise of 54.6% over twelve months.
It closed 15.42% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.