Highest closing price since 1 November 2012
Silver closed at $31.33 per troy ounce on 1 January 2013, up $1.162 (3.85%) from the previous close of $30.17.
Notable session: highest close of the year; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $27.88, making this a +12.41% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $31.33 per troy ounce on 1 January 2013. That is $1.16 higher than the previous close of $30.17, a move of 3.85%.
The silver price rose on 1 January 2013, gaining $1.16 (3.85%) against the previous session's close of $30.17.
At $31.33 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.01 on 1 January 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.0 on 1 January 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 January 2013, silver was around $30.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.33 is a gain of 3.9% over the week.
A month before 1 January 2013, silver was around $30.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.33 is a gain of 3.9% over the month.
A year before 1 January 2013, silver was around $27.88 per troy ounce. The close of $31.33 therefore represents a rise of 12.4% over twelve months.