Distance from the record
This close sat 41.02% 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 6 January 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $28.65 per troy ounce on 6 January 2012, down $0.612 (2.09%) from the previous close of $29.26.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Silver lost 2.09% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 41.02% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $29.11, making this a -1.57% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $28.65 per troy ounce on 6 January 2012. That is $0.61 lower than the previous close of $29.26, a move of -2.09%.
The silver price fell on 6 January 2012, losing $0.61 (2.09%) against the previous session's close of $29.26.
At $28.65 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.92 on 6 January 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.4 on 6 January 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 January 2012, silver was around $27.88 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.65 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 6 January 2012, silver was around $32.67 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.65 is a loss of 12.3% over the month.
It closed 41.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.