Distance from the record
This close sat 39.90% 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 21 December 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $29.20 per troy ounce on 21 December 2011, down $0.298 (1.01%) from the previous close of $29.50.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 39.90% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.38, making this a -0.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $29.20 per troy ounce on 21 December 2011. That is $0.30 lower than the previous close of $29.50, a move of -1.01%.
The silver price fell on 21 December 2011, losing $0.30 (1.01%) against the previous session's close of $29.50.
At $29.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.94 on 21 December 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.2 on 21 December 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 December 2011, silver was around $31.11 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.20 is a loss of 6.2% over the month.
It closed 39.90% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.