Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 May 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $28.30 per troy ounce on 21 May 2012, down $0.390 (1.36%) from the previous close of $28.69.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 41.74% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $35.08, making this a -19.32% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $28.30 per troy ounce on 21 May 2012. That is $0.39 lower than the previous close of $28.69, a move of -1.36%.
The silver price fell on 21 May 2012, losing $0.39 (1.36%) against the previous session's close of $28.69.
At $28.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.91 on 21 May 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.1 on 21 May 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 May 2012, silver was around $31.64 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.30 is a loss of 10.6% over the month.
A year before 21 May 2012, silver was around $35.08 per troy ounce. The close of $28.30 therefore represents a fall of 19.3% over twelve months.
It closed 41.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.