Price history · January 2026
Silver price in January 2026
Silver rose 43.3% in January 2026, closing at $103.19 on January 30, 2026. The month's high was $118.45 on Jan 29 and its low $74.22 on Jan 2; the average price was $92.13, up 43.2% on December's. That left silver up 43.3% for 2026 so far.
- Close$103.19Jan 30 · +43.3% on the month
- Open$74.22Jan 2
- High$118.45Jan 29
- Low$74.22Jan 2
- Average$92.13+43.2% vs Dec average
- 2026 so far+43.3%since Dec 31, 2025
Silver opened January 2026 at $74.22 and closed at $103.19; high $118.45 on January 29, 2026, low $74.22 on January 2, 2026.
Silver day by day in January 2026
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Jan 2 is compared with Dec 31, the last price of December 2025.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Fri Jan 2 | +3.09% | |
| Mon Jan 5 | +1.15% | |
| Tue Jan 6 | +4.54% | |
| Wed Jan 7 | +0.65% | |
| Thu Jan 8 | −4.79% | |
| Fri Jan 9 | +3.90% | |
| Mon Jan 12 | +7.59% | |
| Tue Jan 13 | +2.08% | |
| Wed Jan 14 | +6.15% | |
| Thu Jan 15 | +0.19% | |
| Fri Jan 16 | −0.51% | |
| Mon Jan 19 | +2.43% | |
| Tue Jan 20 | +2.90% | |
| Wed Jan 21 | −0.88% | |
| Thu Jan 22 | −1.56% | |
| Fri Jan 23 | +6.02% | |
| Mon Jan 26 | +10.71% | |
| Tue Jan 27 | +1.79% | |
| Wed Jan 28 | +1.10% | |
| Thu Jan 29 | +5.01% | |
| Fri Jan 30 | −12.88% |
- Days up16of 21 trading days
- Days down5of 21 trading days
- Largest rise+10.71%Jan 26
- Largest fall−12.88%Jan 30
- Typical daily move2.90%median size of a day's move, up or down
LBMA Silver Price (daily benchmark), 21 trading days. Moves are worked out from the daily prices; the daily LBMA prices themselves are not listed (see sources below). Past moves, not a forecast.
What moved silver in January 2026
Silver rose 43.3% in January, its biggest monthly gain since 1979. It climbed 7.6% on January 12 and 10.7% on January 26 to a record on January 29, then fell 12.9% on January 30 when the Fed-chair news hit all precious metals.
Largest one-day rise: +10.7% on Jan 26. Largest one-day fall: −12.9% on Jan 30.
Day-by-day news for January 2026 is on our gold and silver price timeline, with a short brief for each trading day.
What is moving silver now: today's market news.
Written by the Bullion Trading LLC editorial team from the price data and our daily news briefs, which summarise reports by Reuters, Kitco, Bloomberg and other outlets. Past moves, not a forecast.
January 2026 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | $92.13 | $118.45 | $74.22 | $103.19 | +43.3% |
| December 2025 | $64.34 | $74.84 | $57.44 | $71.99 | +33.5% |
| January 2025 | $30.37 | $31.61 | $29.41 | $31.61 | +9.3% |
Silver's January 2026 average was 203.4% above its January 2025 average. January's high was the highest daily price of 2026 up to that point.
US dollars per troy ounce. Change = the month's last price against the previous month's last price.
Silver month by month
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Sources: LBMA precious metal prices through 2026-09-28 (shown as charts, summaries and daily percentage moves only; we don't publish daily LBMA price tables); Bullion Trading LLC weekday spot closes afterward. Latest observation for this metal: 2026-11-03; the current month is provisional. Prepared by the Bullion Trading LLC editorial team.