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 24 August 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 August 2012
Silver closed at $30.61 per troy ounce on 24 August 2012, up $0.159 (0.52%) from the previous close of $30.45.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 37.00% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $39.16, making this a -21.84% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $30.61 per troy ounce on 24 August 2012. That is $0.16 higher than the previous close of $30.45, a move of 0.52%.
The silver price rose on 24 August 2012, gaining $0.16 (0.52%) against the previous session's close of $30.45.
At $30.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.98 on 24 August 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.6 on 24 August 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 August 2012, silver was around $28.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.61 is a gain of 9.3% over the week.
A month before 24 August 2012, silver was around $26.79 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.61 is a gain of 14.2% over the month.
A year before 24 August 2012, silver was around $39.16 per troy ounce. The close of $30.61 therefore represents a fall of 21.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 37.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.