Distance from the record
This close sat 44.28% 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 July 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $27.07 per troy ounce on 18 July 2012, down $0.221 (0.81%) from the previous close of $27.29.
This close extended a run of 3 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 44.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $40.33, making this a -32.88% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.07 per troy ounce on 18 July 2012. That is $0.22 lower than the previous close of $27.29, a move of -0.81%.
The silver price fell on 18 July 2012, losing $0.22 (0.81%) against the previous session's close of $27.29.
At $27.07 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.87 on 18 July 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.0 on 18 July 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 18 July 2012, silver was around $28.67 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.07 is a loss of 5.6% over the month.
A year before 18 July 2012, silver was around $40.33 per troy ounce. The close of $27.07 therefore represents a fall of 32.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 44.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.