Distance from the record
This close sat 65.31% 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 23 January 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 28 December 2017
Silver closed at $16.85 per troy ounce on 23 January 2018, down $0.076 (0.45%) from the previous close of $16.93.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 65.31% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.15, making this a -1.72% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.85 per troy ounce on 23 January 2018. That is $0.08 lower than the previous close of $16.93, a move of -0.45%.
The silver price fell on 23 January 2018, losing $0.08 (0.45%) against the previous session's close of $16.93.
At $16.85 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 23 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.2 on 23 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 65.31% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.