Distance from the record
This close sat 12.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 April 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.360 per troy ounce on 17 April 2001, down $0.072 (1.62%) from the previous close of $4.432.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 12.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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Silver closed at $4.36 per troy ounce on 17 April 2001. That is $0.07 lower than the previous close of $4.43, a move of -1.62%.
The silver price fell on 17 April 2001, losing $0.07 (1.62%) against the previous session's close of $4.43.
At $4.36 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 17 April 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.9 on 17 April 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 12.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.