Distance from the record
This close sat 67.67% 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 3 January 2019, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.71 per troy ounce on 3 January 2019, up $0.164 (1.06%) from the previous close of $15.54.
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 67.67% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.18, making this a -8.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.71 per troy ounce on 3 January 2019. That is $0.16 higher than the previous close of $15.54, a move of 1.06%.
The silver price rose on 3 January 2019, gaining $0.16 (1.06%) against the previous session's close of $15.54.
At $15.71 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 3 January 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.2 on 3 January 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 January 2019, silver was around $15.19 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.71 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
A month before 3 January 2019, silver was around $14.38 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.71 is a gain of 9.2% over the month.
It closed 67.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.