Distance from the record
This close sat 18.21% 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 22 January 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 January 2010
Silver closed at $16.92 per troy ounce on 22 January 2010, down $0.578 (3.30%) from the previous close of $17.50.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.30% 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 18.21% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $11.36, making this a +48.97% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.92 per troy ounce on 22 January 2010. That is $0.58 lower than the previous close of $17.50, a move of -3.30%.
The silver price fell on 22 January 2010, losing $0.58 (3.30%) against the previous session's close of $17.50.
At $16.92 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 22 January 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 22 January 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 January 2010, silver was around $18.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.92 is a loss of 8.1% over the week.
A year before 22 January 2010, silver was around $11.36 per troy ounce. The close of $16.92 therefore represents a rise of 49.0% 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 18.21% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.