Distance from the record
This close sat 34.97% 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 18 December 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 5 November 2012
Silver closed at $31.59 per troy ounce on 18 December 2012, down $0.611 (1.90%) from the previous close of $32.21.
This close extended a run of 4 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 close sat 34.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.61, making this a +6.69% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $31.59 per troy ounce on 18 December 2012. That is $0.61 lower than the previous close of $32.21, a move of -1.90%.
The silver price fell on 18 December 2012, losing $0.61 (1.90%) against the previous session's close of $32.21.
At $31.59 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.02 on 18 December 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.8 on 18 December 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 December 2012, silver was around $32.94 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.59 is a loss of 4.1% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 34.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.