Distance from the record
This close sat 44.15% 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 July 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $27.14 per troy ounce on 12 July 2012, up $0.141 (0.52%) from the previous close of $27.00.
This close sat 44.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $35.63, making this a -23.84% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.14 per troy ounce on 12 July 2012. That is $0.14 higher than the previous close of $27.00, a move of 0.52%.
The silver price rose on 12 July 2012, gaining $0.14 (0.52%) against the previous session's close of $27.00.
At $27.14 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.87 on 12 July 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.7 on 12 July 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 July 2012, silver was around $28.94 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.14 is a loss of 6.2% over the month.
A year before 12 July 2012, silver was around $35.63 per troy ounce. The close of $27.14 therefore represents a fall of 23.8% over twelve months.
It closed 44.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.