Distance from the record
This close sat 67.93% 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 12 December 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 July 2017
Silver closed at $15.58 per troy ounce on 12 December 2017, down $0.115 (0.73%) from the previous close of $15.70.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 67.93% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 247 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.12, making this a -8.96% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.58 per troy ounce on 12 December 2017. That is $0.11 lower than the previous close of $15.70, a move of -0.73%.
The silver price fell on 12 December 2017, losing $0.11 (0.73%) against the previous session's close of $15.70.
At $15.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 12 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.5 on 12 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 December 2017, silver was around $15.97 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.58 is a loss of 2.4% over the week.
A month before 12 December 2017, silver was around $16.84 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.58 is a loss of 7.5% over the month.
It closed 67.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.