Distance from the record
This close sat 11.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 January 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 29 November 2010
Silver closed at $27.42 per troy ounce on 21 January 2011, down $0.043 (0.16%) from the previous close of $27.46.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 11.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 241 of 247 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.50, making this a +56.70% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.42 per troy ounce on 21 January 2011. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $27.46, a move of -0.16%.
The silver price fell on 21 January 2011, losing $0.04 (0.16%) against the previous session's close of $27.46.
At $27.42 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.88 on 21 January 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 48.9 on 21 January 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 48.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 January 2011, silver was around $28.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.42 is a loss of 3.2% over the week.
A month before 21 January 2011, silver was around $29.38 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.42 is a loss of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 21 January 2011, silver was around $17.50 per troy ounce. The close of $27.42 therefore represents a rise of 56.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 11.83% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-01-03.