Silver Finally Hits $100 An Ounce — And Some Experts Say That’s Just The Beginning

Silver Finally Hits $100 An Ounce — And Some Experts Say That’s Just The Beginning

Myra P. Saefong     MarketWatch   Fri, January 23, 2026

Silver’s climb to the $100-an-ounce mark on Friday — a level it hit for the first time on record — was met with much fanfare by just about everyone who closely watches the market for the precious metal.

Silver has the characteristics of both a precious and an industrial metal and is in short supply. That’s why many investors believe in its potential for further price gains.

 The market “could still be closer to the beginning of the silver move rather than the end,” said Stefan Gleason, president and chief executive officer at Money Metals Exchange, given the breakdown in the gold-to-silver ratio and breakout in mining stock indexes. The ratio represents the relative value of gold to silver.

 “The silver market continues to show incredible momentum, with each pullback or pause being bought quickly,” Gleason told MarketWatch.

On Friday, silver for March delivery SI00 SIH26 traded as high as $101.86 an ounce on Comex, the highest intraday level on record. It settled at $101.33, up 5.2%. It has gained nearly 44% so far this month and is on track for its best month since December 1979, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

“Silver has been breaking milestone after milestone, with traders happy to buy every dip they could get their hands on,” said Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst for global macroeconomics at Forex.com.

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