Distance from the record
This close sat 54.36% 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 6 January 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 December 2021
Silver closed at $22.17 per troy ounce on 6 January 2022, down $0.976 (4.22%) from the previous close of $23.15.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.22% 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 54.36% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $26.97, making this a -17.79% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $22.17 per troy ounce on 6 January 2022. That is $0.98 lower than the previous close of $23.15, a move of -4.22%.
The silver price fell on 6 January 2022, losing $0.98 (4.22%) against the previous session's close of $23.15.
At $22.17 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.71 on 6 January 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 80.7 on 6 January 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 80.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 January 2022, silver was around $23.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.17 is a loss of 3.7% over the week.
A year before 6 January 2022, silver was around $26.97 per troy ounce. The close of $22.17 therefore represents a fall of 17.8% over twelve months.
It closed 54.36% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.