Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 January 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 29 December 2017
Silver closed at $17.06 per troy ounce on 8 January 2018, down $0.141 (0.82%) from the previous close of $17.20.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.88% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.47, making this a +3.63% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.06 per troy ounce on 8 January 2018. That is $0.14 lower than the previous close of $17.20, a move of -0.82%.
The silver price fell on 8 January 2018, losing $0.14 (0.82%) against the previous session's close of $17.20.
At $17.06 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 8 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.3 on 8 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 8 January 2018, silver was around $15.74 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.06 is a gain of 8.4% over the month.
It closed 64.88% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.