Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 January 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 16 September 2020
Silver closed at $27.28 per troy ounce on 4 January 2021, up $0.384 (1.43%) from the previous close of $26.90.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 43.84% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.07, making this a +51.01% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $27.28 per troy ounce on 4 January 2021. That is $0.38 higher than the previous close of $26.90, a move of 1.43%.
The silver price rose on 4 January 2021, gaining $0.38 (1.43%) against the previous session's close of $26.90.
At $27.28 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.88 on 4 January 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.3 on 4 January 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 January 2021, silver was around $26.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.28 is a gain of 3.1% over the week.
A month before 4 January 2021, silver was around $24.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.28 is a gain of 12.7% over the month.
A year before 4 January 2021, silver was around $18.07 per troy ounce. The close of $27.28 therefore represents a rise of 51.0% over twelve months.
It closed 43.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 4 months earlier — 76 trading sessions before this one.