Distance from the record
This close sat 40.18% 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 4 January 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $29.06 per troy ounce on 4 January 2012, down $0.470 (1.59%) from the previous close of $29.53.
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 40.18% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.49, making this a -1.45% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $29.06 per troy ounce on 4 January 2012. That is $0.47 lower than the previous close of $29.53, a move of -1.59%.
The silver price fell on 4 January 2012, losing $0.47 (1.59%) against the previous session's close of $29.53.
At $29.06 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.93 on 4 January 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.5 on 4 January 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 January 2012, silver was around $27.19 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.06 is a gain of 6.9% over the week.
A month before 4 January 2012, silver was around $32.62 per troy ounce, so the close of $29.06 is a loss of 10.9% over the month.
It closed 40.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.