Distance from the record
This close sat 63.75% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 15 September 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 August 2017
Silver closed at $17.61 per troy ounce on 15 September 2017, down $0.087 (0.49%) from the previous close of $17.70.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 63.75% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.96, making this a -7.11% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.61 per troy ounce on 15 September 2017. That is $0.09 lower than the previous close of $17.70, a move of -0.49%.
The silver price fell on 15 September 2017, losing $0.09 (0.49%) against the previous session's close of $17.70.
At $17.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 15 September 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.0 on 15 September 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 September 2017, silver was around $18.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.61 is a loss of 2.3% over the week.
A month before 15 September 2017, silver was around $16.69 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.61 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 63.75% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.