Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $48.58 per troy ounce on 1 April 2011, up $10.71 (28.28%) from the previous close of $37.87.
Notable session: highest close of the year; one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.61, making this a +161.05% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $48.58 per troy ounce on 1 April 2011. That is $10.71 higher than the previous close of $37.87, a move of 28.28%.
The silver price rose on 1 April 2011, gaining $10.71 (28.28%) against the previous session's close of $37.87.
At $48.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.56 on 1 April 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 32.0 on 1 April 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 32.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2011, silver was around $37.87 per troy ounce, so the close of $48.58 is a gain of 28.3% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2011, silver was around $37.87 per troy ounce, so the close of $48.58 is a gain of 28.3% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2011, silver was around $18.61 per troy ounce. The close of $48.58 therefore represents a rise of 161.0% over twelve months.