Distance from the record
This close sat 4.24% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 31 January 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.791 per troy ounce on 31 January 2001, down $0.005 (0.10%) from the previous close of $4.796.
This close extended a run of 3 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 4.24% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 5 of 247 sessions.
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Silver closed at $4.79 per troy ounce on 31 January 2001. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $4.80, a move of -0.10%.
The silver price fell on 31 January 2001, losing $0.01 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $4.80.
At $4.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 31 January 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.4 on 31 January 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.4 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 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 4.24% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.