Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 18 January 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 13 December 2011
Silver closed at $30.51 per troy ounce on 18 January 2012, up $0.408 (1.36%) from the previous close of $30.11.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 37.19% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.90, making this a +5.58% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $30.51 per troy ounce on 18 January 2012. That is $0.41 higher than the previous close of $30.11, a move of 1.36%.
The silver price rose on 18 January 2012, gaining $0.41 (1.36%) against the previous session's close of $30.11.
At $30.51 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.98 on 18 January 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.4 on 18 January 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 January 2012, silver was around $29.86 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.51 is a gain of 2.2% over the week.
It closed 37.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.