Distance from the record
This close sat 33.57% 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 5 September 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $32.27 per troy ounce on 5 September 2012, down $0.076 (0.23%) from the previous close of $32.35.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 33.57% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $43.02, making this a -24.98% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $32.27 per troy ounce on 5 September 2012. That is $0.08 lower than the previous close of $32.35, a move of -0.23%.
The silver price fell on 5 September 2012, losing $0.08 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $32.35.
At $32.27 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.04 on 5 September 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.4 on 5 September 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 September 2012, silver was around $30.83 per troy ounce, so the close of $32.27 is a gain of 4.7% over the week.
A month before 5 September 2012, silver was around $27.79 per troy ounce, so the close of $32.27 is a gain of 16.1% over the month.
A year before 5 September 2012, silver was around $43.02 per troy ounce. The close of $32.27 therefore represents a fall of 25.0% over twelve months.
It closed 33.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.