Distance from the record
This close sat 64.62% 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 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.19 per troy ounce on 4 January 2018, up $0.004 (0.02%) from the previous close of $17.18.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.02% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 64.62% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 10 of 250 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.50, making this a +4.18% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.19 per troy ounce on 4 January 2018. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $17.18, a move of 0.02%.
The silver price rose on 4 January 2018, gaining $0.00 (0.02%) against the previous session's close of $17.18.
At $17.19 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 4 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.8 on 4 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 January 2018, silver was around $16.83 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.19 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
A month before 4 January 2018, silver was around $16.28 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.19 is a gain of 5.6% over the month.
It closed 64.62% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.