Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 14 May 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 December 2011
Silver closed at $28.32 per troy ounce on 14 May 2012, down $0.539 (1.87%) from the previous close of $28.86.
This close extended a run of 6 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 41.71% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $35.01, making this a -19.11% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $28.32 per troy ounce on 14 May 2012. That is $0.54 lower than the previous close of $28.86, a move of -1.87%.
The silver price fell on 14 May 2012, losing $0.54 (1.87%) against the previous session's close of $28.86.
At $28.32 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.91 on 14 May 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.1 on 14 May 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 14 May 2012, silver was around $30.07 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.32 is a loss of 5.8% over the week.
A month before 14 May 2012, silver was around $31.38 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.32 is a loss of 9.8% over the month.
A year before 14 May 2012, silver was around $35.01 per troy ounce. The close of $28.32 therefore represents a fall of 19.1% over twelve months.
This close was session 6 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 41.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.