Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 3 January 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 24 September 2019
Silver closed at $18.07 per troy ounce on 3 January 2020, up $0.102 (0.57%) from the previous close of $17.97.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 62.81% 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 +15.04% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.07 per troy ounce on 3 January 2020. That is $0.10 higher than the previous close of $17.97, a move of 0.57%.
The silver price rose on 3 January 2020, gaining $0.10 (0.57%) against the previous session's close of $17.97.
At $18.07 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.58 on 3 January 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.7 on 3 January 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 January 2020, silver was around $17.13 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.07 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
A year before 3 January 2020, silver was around $15.71 per troy ounce. The close of $18.07 therefore represents a rise of 15.0% over twelve months.
It closed 62.81% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 70 trading sessions before this one.