Distance from the record
This close sat 64.84% 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 11 October 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.08 per troy ounce on 11 October 2017, down $0.074 (0.43%) from the previous close of $17.16.
This close sat 64.84% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.46, making this a -2.15% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.08 per troy ounce on 11 October 2017. That is $0.07 lower than the previous close of $17.16, a move of -0.43%.
The silver price fell on 11 October 2017, losing $0.07 (0.43%) against the previous session's close of $17.16.
At $17.08 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 11 October 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.3 on 11 October 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 October 2017, silver was around $16.56 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.08 is a gain of 3.1% over the week.
It closed 64.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.