Distance from the record
This close sat 43.72% 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 13 July 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $27.34 per troy ounce on 13 July 2012, up $0.208 (0.77%) from the previous close of $27.14.
This close extended a run of 3 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.
This close sat 43.72% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $38.15, making this a -28.32% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.34 per troy ounce on 13 July 2012. That is $0.21 higher than the previous close of $27.14, a move of 0.77%.
The silver price rose on 13 July 2012, gaining $0.21 (0.77%) against the previous session's close of $27.14.
At $27.34 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.88 on 13 July 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.2 on 13 July 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 13 July 2012, silver was around $28.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.34 is a loss of 5.5% over the month.
A year before 13 July 2012, silver was around $38.15 per troy ounce. The close of $27.34 therefore represents a fall of 28.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 43.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.