Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 December 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $15.78 per troy ounce on 13 December 2017, up $0.202 (1.30%) from the previous close of $15.58.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 67.51% 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 241 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.91, making this a -6.66% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.78 per troy ounce on 13 December 2017. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $15.58, a move of 1.30%.
The silver price rose on 13 December 2017, gaining $0.20 (1.30%) against the previous session's close of $15.58.
At $15.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 13 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.9 on 13 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 13 December 2017, silver was around $17.02 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.78 is a loss of 7.3% over the month.
It closed 67.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.