Distance from the record
This close sat 30.12% 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 9 October 2012, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 26 September 2012
Silver closed at $33.95 per troy ounce on 9 October 2012, down $0.031 (0.09%) from the previous close of $33.98.
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 30.12% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $30.96, making this a +9.67% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $33.95 per troy ounce on 9 October 2012. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $33.98, a move of -0.09%.
The silver price fell on 9 October 2012, losing $0.03 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $33.98.
At $33.95 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.09 on 9 October 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.9 on 9 October 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.9 ounces of silver.
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 30.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.