Distance from the record
This close sat 28.85% 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 September 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $34.57 per troy ounce on 21 September 2012, down $0.051 (0.15%) from the previous close of $34.62.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.15% 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 28.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $40.42, making this a -14.48% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $34.57 per troy ounce on 21 September 2012. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $34.62, a move of -0.15%.
The silver price fell on 21 September 2012, losing $0.05 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $34.62.
At $34.57 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.11 on 21 September 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.4 on 21 September 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 September 2012, silver was around $29.42 per troy ounce, so the close of $34.57 is a gain of 17.5% over the month.
A year before 21 September 2012, silver was around $40.42 per troy ounce. The close of $34.57 therefore represents a fall of 14.5% over twelve months.
It closed 28.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.