Distance from the record
This close sat 52.13% 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 5 January 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 19 December 2022
Silver closed at $23.26 per troy ounce on 5 January 2023, down $0.534 (2.24%) from the previous close of $23.79.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Silver lost 2.24% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 52.13% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $23.15, making this a +0.47% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $23.26 per troy ounce on 5 January 2023. That is $0.53 lower than the previous close of $23.79, a move of -2.24%.
The silver price fell on 5 January 2023, losing $0.53 (2.24%) against the previous session's close of $23.79.
At $23.26 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.75 on 5 January 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.9 on 5 January 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 January 2023, silver was around $24.08 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.26 is a loss of 3.4% over the week.
It closed 52.13% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.