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 15 December 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 December 2017
Silver closed at $15.98 per troy ounce on 15 December 2017, up $0.128 (0.81%) from the previous close of $15.85.
This close extended a run of 3 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 67.11% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.90, making this a +0.51% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $15.98 per troy ounce on 15 December 2017. That is $0.13 higher than the previous close of $15.85, a move of 0.81%.
The silver price rose on 15 December 2017, gaining $0.13 (0.81%) against the previous session's close of $15.85.
At $15.98 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 15 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 15 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 15 December 2017, silver was around $16.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.98 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
This close was session 3 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 67.11% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.