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 2015, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.18 per troy ounce on 5 January 2015, up $0.445 (2.83%) from the previous close of $15.73.
This was a 2.83% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 66.70% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $20.18, making this a -19.83% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.18 per troy ounce on 5 January 2015. That is $0.45 higher than the previous close of $15.73, a move of 2.83%.
The silver price rose on 5 January 2015, gaining $0.45 (2.83%) against the previous session's close of $15.73.
At $16.18 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 5 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.4 on 5 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 January 2015, silver was around $15.74 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.18 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A year before 5 January 2015, silver was around $20.18 per troy ounce. The close of $16.18 therefore represents a fall of 19.8% over twelve months.
It closed 66.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.