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 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 21 December 2021
Silver closed at $22.79 per troy ounce on 3 January 2022, down $0.538 (2.31%) from the previous close of $23.33.
Silver lost 2.31% 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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 53.09% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $26.90, making this a -15.28% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.79 per troy ounce on 3 January 2022. That is $0.54 lower than the previous close of $23.33, a move of -2.31%.
The silver price fell on 3 January 2022, losing $0.54 (2.31%) against the previous session's close of $23.33.
At $22.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.73 on 3 January 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.0 on 3 January 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 3 January 2022, silver was around $26.90 per troy ounce. The close of $22.79 therefore represents a fall of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 53.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.