Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $33.80 per troy ounce on 1 February 2011, up $5.630 (19.98%) from the previous close of $28.17.
Notable session: one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.50, making this a +104.87% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $33.80 per troy ounce on 1 February 2011. That is $5.63 higher than the previous close of $28.17, a move of 19.98%.
The silver price rose on 1 February 2011, gaining $5.63 (19.98%) against the previous session's close of $28.17.
At $33.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.09 on 1 February 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 41.7 on 1 February 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 41.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 February 2011, silver was around $28.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $33.80 is a gain of 20.0% over the week.
A month before 1 February 2011, silver was around $28.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $33.80 is a gain of 20.0% over the month.
A year before 1 February 2011, silver was around $16.50 per troy ounce. The close of $33.80 therefore represents a rise of 104.9% over twelve months.