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 5 January 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 8 December 2009
Silver closed at $17.78 per troy ounce on 5 January 2010, up $0.341 (1.96%) from the previous close of $17.44.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 14.04% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $11.24, making this a +58.12% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.78 per troy ounce on 5 January 2010. That is $0.34 higher than the previous close of $17.44, a move of 1.96%.
The silver price rose on 5 January 2010, gaining $0.34 (1.96%) against the previous session's close of $17.44.
At $17.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 5 January 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.9 on 5 January 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 January 2010, silver was around $17.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.78 is a gain of 4.0% over the week.
A year before 5 January 2010, silver was around $11.24 per troy ounce. The close of $17.78 therefore represents a rise of 58.1% over twelve months.
It closed 14.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.