Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $30.91 per troy ounce on 1 December 2010, up $2.725 (9.67%) from the previous close of $28.18.
Notable session: highest close of the year; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.82, making this a +83.75% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $30.91 per troy ounce on 1 December 2010. That is $2.73 higher than the previous close of $28.18, a move of 9.67%.
The silver price rose on 1 December 2010, gaining $2.73 (9.67%) against the previous session's close of $28.18.
At $30.91 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.99 on 1 December 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 46.0 on 1 December 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 46.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 December 2010, silver was around $28.18 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.91 is a gain of 9.7% over the week.
A month before 1 December 2010, silver was around $28.18 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.91 is a gain of 9.7% over the month.
A year before 1 December 2010, silver was around $16.82 per troy ounce. The close of $30.91 therefore represents a rise of 83.7% over twelve months.