Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 January 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $23.15 per troy ounce on 5 January 2022, up $0.112 (0.49%) from the previous close of $23.04.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 52.35% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $27.57, making this a -16.03% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.15 per troy ounce on 5 January 2022. That is $0.11 higher than the previous close of $23.04, a move of 0.49%.
The silver price rose on 5 January 2022, gaining $0.11 (0.49%) against the previous session's close of $23.04.
At $23.15 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.74 on 5 January 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.8 on 5 January 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 5 January 2022, silver was around $27.57 per troy ounce. The close of $23.15 therefore represents a fall of 16.0% over twelve months.
It closed 52.35% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.