Highest closing price since 1 March 2012
Silver closed at $31.37 per troy ounce on 1 August 2012, up $3.790 (13.74%) from the previous close of $27.58.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $41.70, making this a -24.77% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $31.37 per troy ounce on 1 August 2012. That is $3.79 higher than the previous close of $27.58, a move of 13.74%.
The silver price rose on 1 August 2012, gaining $3.79 (13.74%) against the previous session's close of $27.58.
At $31.37 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.01 on 1 August 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.7 on 1 August 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 August 2012, silver was around $27.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.37 is a gain of 13.7% over the week.
A month before 1 August 2012, silver was around $27.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.37 is a gain of 13.7% over the month.
A year before 1 August 2012, silver was around $41.70 per troy ounce. The close of $31.37 therefore represents a fall of 24.8% over twelve months.