Distance from the record
This close sat 13.74% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 May 2007, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 14 March 2007
Silver closed at $12.81 per troy ounce on 17 May 2007, down $0.037 (0.29%) from the previous close of $12.84.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 13.74% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.16, making this a -2.67% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.81 per troy ounce on 17 May 2007. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $12.84, a move of -0.29%.
The silver price fell on 17 May 2007, losing $0.04 (0.29%) against the previous session's close of $12.84.
At $12.81 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.41 on 17 May 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.2 on 17 May 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 May 2007, silver was around $13.99 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.81 is a loss of 8.5% over the month.
It closed 13.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.