Distance from the record
This close sat 6.39% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 6 January 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 16 December 2010
Silver closed at $29.11 per troy ounce on 6 January 2011, down $0.063 (0.22%) from the previous close of $29.17.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 6.39% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.16, making this a +60.27% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $29.11 per troy ounce on 6 January 2011. That is $0.06 lower than the previous close of $29.17, a move of -0.22%.
The silver price fell on 6 January 2011, losing $0.06 (0.22%) against the previous session's close of $29.17.
At $29.11 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.94 on 6 January 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 47.1 on 6 January 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 47.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 January 2011, silver was around $30.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.11 is a loss of 4.5% over the week.
A year before 6 January 2011, silver was around $18.16 per troy ounce. The close of $29.11 therefore represents a rise of 60.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 6.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-01-03.