Distance from the record
This close sat 62.77% 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 8 January 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $18.09 per troy ounce on 8 January 2020, down $0.228 (1.24%) from the previous close of $18.32.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 62.77% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.63, making this a +15.76% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.09 per troy ounce on 8 January 2020. That is $0.23 lower than the previous close of $18.32, a move of -1.24%.
The silver price fell on 8 January 2020, losing $0.23 (1.24%) against the previous session's close of $18.32.
At $18.09 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.58 on 8 January 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.1 on 8 January 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 8 January 2020, silver was around $16.48 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.09 is a gain of 9.8% over the month.
A year before 8 January 2020, silver was around $15.63 per troy ounce. The close of $18.09 therefore represents a rise of 15.8% over twelve months.
It closed 62.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.