Distance from the record
This close sat 38.47% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 January 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 24 December 2012
Silver closed at $29.90 per troy ounce on 4 January 2013, down $0.775 (2.53%) from the previous close of $30.67.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Silver lost 2.53% 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 38.47% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.06, making this a +2.87% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $29.90 per troy ounce on 4 January 2013. That is $0.77 lower than the previous close of $30.67, a move of -2.53%.
The silver price fell on 4 January 2013, losing $0.77 (2.53%) against the previous session's close of $30.67.
At $29.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.96 on 4 January 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.1 on 4 January 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 4 January 2013, silver was around $32.73 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.90 is a loss of 8.7% over the month.
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 38.47% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.