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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 May 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 9 March 2001
Silver closed at $4.470 per troy ounce on 17 May 2001, up $0.032 (0.72%) from the previous close of $4.438.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 10.65% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.47 per troy ounce on 17 May 2001. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $4.44, a move of 0.72%.
The silver price rose on 17 May 2001, gaining $0.03 (0.72%) against the previous session's close of $4.44.
At $4.47 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 17 May 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.2 on 17 May 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 May 2001, silver was around $4.32 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.47 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
It closed 10.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.