Distance from the record
This close sat 59.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 January 2014, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $19.52 per troy ounce on 8 January 2014, down $0.247 (1.25%) from the previous close of $19.76.
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 59.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $30.42, making this a -35.83% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.52 per troy ounce on 8 January 2014. That is $0.25 lower than the previous close of $19.76, a move of -1.25%.
The silver price fell on 8 January 2014, losing $0.25 (1.25%) against the previous session's close of $19.76.
At $19.52 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.63 on 8 January 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.8 on 8 January 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 January 2014, silver was around $19.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.52 is a gain of 2.2% over the week.
A year before 8 January 2014, silver was around $30.42 per troy ounce. The close of $19.52 therefore represents a fall of 35.8% 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 59.83% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.