Distance from the record
This close sat 21.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 29 January 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 January 2010
Silver closed at $16.18 per troy ounce on 29 January 2010, down $0.019 (0.12%) from the previous close of $16.20.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 21.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.14, making this a +33.30% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.18 per troy ounce on 29 January 2010. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $16.20, a move of -0.12%.
The silver price fell on 29 January 2010, losing $0.02 (0.12%) against the previous session's close of $16.20.
At $16.18 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 29 January 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 29 January 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 29 January 2010, silver was around $16.92 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.18 is a loss of 4.3% over the week.
A month before 29 January 2010, silver was around $17.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.18 is a loss of 5.3% over the month.
A year before 29 January 2010, silver was around $12.14 per troy ounce. The close of $16.18 therefore represents a rise of 33.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 21.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.