Distance from the record
This close sat 49.95% 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 21 January 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $24.31 per troy ounce on 21 January 2022, down $0.397 (1.61%) from the previous close of $24.71.
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 49.95% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $25.82, making this a -5.84% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $24.31 per troy ounce on 21 January 2022. That is $0.40 lower than the previous close of $24.71, a move of -1.61%.
The silver price fell on 21 January 2022, losing $0.40 (1.61%) against the previous session's close of $24.71.
At $24.31 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.78 on 21 January 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.3 on 21 January 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 January 2022, silver was around $22.91 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.31 is a gain of 6.1% over the week.
A month before 21 January 2022, silver was around $22.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $24.31 is a gain of 8.1% over the month.
It closed 49.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.