Distance from the record
This close sat 68.00% 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 July 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 7 July 2017
Silver closed at $15.55 per troy ounce on 17 July 2018, down $0.189 (1.20%) from the previous close of $15.73.
Silver had not closed this low for about a year. Breaking below a level held that long is the kind of move that tends to set the tone for the sessions that follow.
This close sat 68.00% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.05, making this a -3.14% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.55 per troy ounce on 17 July 2018. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $15.73, a move of -1.20%.
The silver price fell on 17 July 2018, losing $0.19 (1.20%) against the previous session's close of $15.73.
At $15.55 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 17 July 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.8 on 17 July 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 July 2018, silver was around $16.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.55 is a loss of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 17 July 2018, silver was around $16.45 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.55 is a loss of 5.5% over the month.
This close was session 3 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 68.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.