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 16 October 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.32 per troy ounce on 16 October 2017, down $0.040 (0.23%) from the previous close of $17.35.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.36% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.39, making this a -0.45% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.32 per troy ounce on 16 October 2017. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $17.35, a move of -0.23%.
The silver price fell on 16 October 2017, losing $0.04 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $17.35.
At $17.32 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 16 October 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.1 on 16 October 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 October 2017, silver was around $16.92 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.32 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
It closed 64.36% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.