Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 12 January 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 13 December 2011
Silver closed at $30.09 per troy ounce on 12 January 2012, up $0.234 (0.78%) from the previous close of $29.86.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 38.06% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.53, making this a +1.90% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $30.09 per troy ounce on 12 January 2012. That is $0.23 higher than the previous close of $29.86, a move of 0.78%.
The silver price rose on 12 January 2012, gaining $0.23 (0.78%) against the previous session's close of $29.86.
At $30.09 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.97 on 12 January 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.7 on 12 January 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 January 2012, silver was around $29.26 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.09 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 38.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.