Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 2 May 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $30.59 per troy ounce on 2 May 2012, down $0.367 (1.19%) from the previous close of $30.96.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 37.03% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $46.08, making this a -33.61% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $30.59 per troy ounce on 2 May 2012. That is $0.37 lower than the previous close of $30.96, a move of -1.19%.
The silver price fell on 2 May 2012, losing $0.37 (1.19%) against the previous session's close of $30.96.
At $30.59 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.98 on 2 May 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.0 on 2 May 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 2 May 2012, silver was around $33.08 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.59 is a loss of 7.5% over the month.
A year before 2 May 2012, silver was around $46.08 per troy ounce. The close of $30.59 therefore represents a fall of 33.6% over twelve months.
It closed 37.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.