Distance from the record
This close sat 5.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 January 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 5.2% in a single session
Silver closed at $29.49 per troy ounce on 4 January 2011, down $1.604 (5.16%) from the previous close of $31.10.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 5.16% 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.
This close sat 5.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.44, making this a +69.11% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $29.49 per troy ounce on 4 January 2011. That is $1.60 lower than the previous close of $31.10, a move of -5.16%.
The silver price fell on 4 January 2011, losing $1.60 (5.16%) against the previous session's close of $31.10.
At $29.49 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.95 on 4 January 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 46.7 on 4 January 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 46.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 January 2011, silver was around $30.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.49 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
A year before 4 January 2011, silver was around $17.44 per troy ounce. The close of $29.49 therefore represents a rise of 69.1% over twelve months.
It closed 5.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-01-03.