Distance from the record
This close sat 60.07% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 12 December 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 4.4% in a single session
Silver closed at $19.40 per troy ounce on 12 December 2013, down $0.896 (4.41%) from the previous close of $20.30.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.41% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 60.07% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $33.71, making this a -42.44% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.40 per troy ounce on 12 December 2013. That is $0.90 lower than the previous close of $20.30, a move of -4.41%.
The silver price fell on 12 December 2013, losing $0.90 (4.41%) against the previous session's close of $20.30.
At $19.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.62 on 12 December 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.2 on 12 December 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 December 2013, silver was around $20.77 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.40 is a loss of 6.6% over the month.
A year before 12 December 2013, silver was around $33.71 per troy ounce. The close of $19.40 therefore represents a fall of 42.4% over twelve months.
It closed 60.07% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.