Distance from the record
This close sat 37.50% 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 30 August 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $30.37 per troy ounce on 30 August 2012, down $0.464 (1.50%) from the previous close of $30.83.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 37.50% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $41.40, making this a -26.65% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $30.37 per troy ounce on 30 August 2012. That is $0.46 lower than the previous close of $30.83, a move of -1.50%.
The silver price fell on 30 August 2012, losing $0.46 (1.50%) against the previous session's close of $30.83.
At $30.37 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.98 on 30 August 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.5 on 30 August 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 30 August 2012, silver was around $28.01 per troy ounce, so the close of $30.37 is a gain of 8.4% over the month.
A year before 30 August 2012, silver was around $41.40 per troy ounce. The close of $30.37 therefore represents a fall of 26.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 37.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.