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An intraday percentage drop is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday low of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.
Today, the price of silver is hovering around $30, so there's much more potential for growth. "If you buy gold around $2,700 per ounce today, you are buying gold at the absolute top of the market.
Price of silver. Silver cost $4 per troy ounce in 1992, [67] started to rise rapidly in early 2004, [67] reached $18 per troy oz by late 2007, slipped badly to $10 per troy oz during the Credit Crunch of 2008, [67] but was selling in late 2009 and again in early 2010 at just under $18 per troy oz of metal. [67]
The price of silver has risen fairly steeply since September 2005, being initially around $7 per troy ounce, but reaching $14 per troy ounce for the first time by late April 2006, and the average price of the month was $12.61 per troy ounce.
In 1979, the price for silver (based on the London Fix) jumped from $6.08 per troy ounce ($0.195/g) on January 1, 1979, to a record high of $49.45 per troy ounce ($1.590/g) on January 18, 1980, an increase of 713%, with silver futures reaching an intraday COMEX all-time high of $50.35 per troy ounce and a reduction of the silver/gold ratio down to 1:17.0.
Interest in silver mining has increased in recent years because of an increased price for the metal: the average silver price increased from $4.39 per troy ounce for the year 2001, to $13.45 per troy ounce for 2007. [2] In 2011, silver prices rose to almost $49 per troy ounce in April before dropping to around $34 per troy ounce in late June.
Bullion coins are government-minted, legal tender coins made of precious metals, such as gold, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and silver.They are kept as a store of value or an investment rather than used in day-to-day commerce.