Distance from the record
This close sat 17.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 26 January 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.793 per troy ounce on 26 January 2005, up $0.123 (1.84%) from the previous close of $6.670.
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 17.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.307, making this a +7.71% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.79 per troy ounce on 26 January 2005. That is $0.12 higher than the previous close of $6.67, a move of 1.84%.
The silver price rose on 26 January 2005, gaining $0.12 (1.84%) against the previous session's close of $6.67.
At $6.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 26 January 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.8 on 26 January 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 January 2005, silver was around $6.61 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.79 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
It closed 17.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.