Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 February 2011, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $31.57 per troy ounce on 17 February 2011, up $0.942 (3.08%) from the previous close of $30.63.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
No session before this one closed higher — this was the highest silver close on record at the time. Records tend to cluster, so the days either side are worth reading together rather than in isolation.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.10, making this a +96.12% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $31.57 per troy ounce on 17 February 2011. That is $0.94 higher than the previous close of $30.63, a move of 3.08%.
The silver price rose on 17 February 2011, gaining $0.94 (3.08%) against the previous session's close of $30.63.
At $31.57 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $1.02 on 17 February 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 43.9 on 17 February 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 43.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 February 2011, silver was around $30.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.57 is a gain of 4.9% over the week.
A month before 17 February 2011, silver was around $28.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $31.57 is a gain of 11.5% over the month.
A year before 17 February 2011, silver was around $16.10 per troy ounce. The close of $31.57 therefore represents a rise of 96.1% over twelve months.
Yes. At the time, no earlier session had closed higher. Later sessions may have exceeded it — this page describes the record as it stood on that date, not today's all-time high.
It was at the record itself — the highest close recorded up to that date.