Distance from the record
This close sat 64.79% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 January 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.10 per troy ounce on 17 January 2018, down $0.017 (0.10%) from the previous close of $17.12.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.10% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 64.79% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.10, making this a +0.02% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.10 per troy ounce on 17 January 2018. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $17.12, a move of -0.10%.
The silver price fell on 17 January 2018, losing $0.02 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $17.12.
At $17.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 17 January 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.2 on 17 January 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 January 2018, silver was around $15.98 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.10 is a gain of 7.1% over the month.
It closed 64.79% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.