Distance from the record
This close sat 43.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 July 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $27.29 per troy ounce on 17 July 2012, down $0.005 (0.02%) from the previous close of $27.30.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.02% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 43.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $39.06, making this a -30.13% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.29 per troy ounce on 17 July 2012. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $27.30, a move of -0.02%.
The silver price fell on 17 July 2012, losing $0.01 (0.02%) against the previous session's close of $27.30.
At $27.29 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.88 on 17 July 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.2 on 17 July 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 July 2012, silver was around $28.73 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.29 is a loss of 5.0% over the month.
A year before 17 July 2012, silver was around $39.06 per troy ounce. The close of $27.29 therefore represents a fall of 30.1% over twelve months.
It closed 43.83% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.