Distance from the record
This close sat 39.05% 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 20 December 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 22 August 2012
Silver closed at $29.61 per troy ounce on 20 December 2012, down $1.433 (4.62%) from the previous close of $31.05.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.62% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 39.05% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.50, making this a +0.39% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $29.61 per troy ounce on 20 December 2012. That is $1.43 lower than the previous close of $31.05, a move of -4.62%.
The silver price fell on 20 December 2012, losing $1.43 (4.62%) against the previous session's close of $31.05.
At $29.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.95 on 20 December 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.5 on 20 December 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 December 2012, silver was around $32.28 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.61 is a loss of 8.3% over the week.
A month before 20 December 2012, silver was around $32.92 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.61 is a loss of 10.1% over the month.
This close was session 6 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 39.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.