Distance from the record
This close sat 64.18% 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 28 January 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 20 December 2019
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 28 January 2020, down $0.598 (3.32%) from the previous close of $18.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.32% 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 64.18% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.71, making this a +10.78% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 28 January 2020. That is $0.60 lower than the previous close of $18.00, a move of -3.32%.
The silver price fell on 28 January 2020, losing $0.60 (3.32%) against the previous session's close of $18.00.
At $17.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 28 January 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 90.2 on 28 January 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 90.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 64.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.