Distance from the record
This close sat 28.96% 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 5 October 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $34.52 per troy ounce on 5 October 2012, down $0.525 (1.50%) from the previous close of $35.04.
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 28.96% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $30.32, making this a +13.85% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $34.52 per troy ounce on 5 October 2012. That is $0.53 lower than the previous close of $35.04, a move of -1.50%.
The silver price fell on 5 October 2012, losing $0.53 (1.50%) against the previous session's close of $35.04.
At $34.52 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.11 on 5 October 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.5 on 5 October 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 October 2012, silver was around $32.27 per troy ounce, so the close of $34.52 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
A year before 5 October 2012, silver was around $30.32 per troy ounce. The close of $34.52 therefore represents a rise of 13.9% over twelve months.
It closed 28.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.