Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 14 August 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 August 2017
Silver closed at $17.09 per troy ounce on 14 August 2017, up $0.052 (0.31%) from the previous close of $17.04.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.82% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.67, making this a -13.11% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.09 per troy ounce on 14 August 2017. That is $0.05 higher than the previous close of $17.04, a move of 0.31%.
The silver price rose on 14 August 2017, gaining $0.05 (0.31%) against the previous session's close of $17.04.
At $17.09 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 14 August 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.1 on 14 August 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 14 August 2017, silver was around $16.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.09 is a gain of 5.4% over the week.
A month before 14 August 2017, silver was around $15.88 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.09 is a gain of 7.6% over the month.
A year before 14 August 2017, silver was around $19.67 per troy ounce. The close of $17.09 therefore represents a fall of 13.1% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 64.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.