Distance from the record
This close sat 37.26% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 January 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $30.48 per troy ounce on 19 January 2012, down $0.032 (0.10%) from the previous close of $30.51.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.10% 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 37.26% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.79, making this a +5.87% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $30.48 per troy ounce on 19 January 2012. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $30.51, a move of -0.10%.
The silver price fell on 19 January 2012, losing $0.03 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $30.51.
At $30.48 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.98 on 19 January 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.3 on 19 January 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 January 2012, silver was around $28.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.48 is a gain of 5.8% over the month.
It closed 37.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.