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 May 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 2 May 2017
Silver closed at $16.56 per troy ounce on 15 May 2017, up $0.215 (1.32%) from the previous close of $16.35.
This close extended a run of 4 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 65.91% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.11, making this a -3.24% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $16.56 per troy ounce on 15 May 2017. That is $0.22 higher than the previous close of $16.35, a move of 1.32%.
The silver price rose on 15 May 2017, gaining $0.22 (1.32%) against the previous session's close of $16.35.
At $16.56 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 15 May 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.2 on 15 May 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 May 2017, silver was around $16.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.56 is a gain of 2.2% over the week.
A month before 15 May 2017, silver was around $18.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.56 is a loss of 10.4% over the month.
This close was session 4 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 65.91% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.