Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 May 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 May 2017
Silver closed at $16.85 per troy ounce on 17 May 2017, up $0.159 (0.95%) from the previous close of $16.69.
This close extended a run of 6 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 65.31% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.24, making this a -2.22% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $16.85 per troy ounce on 17 May 2017. That is $0.16 higher than the previous close of $16.69, a move of 0.95%.
The silver price rose on 17 May 2017, gaining $0.16 (0.95%) against the previous session's close of $16.69.
At $16.85 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 17 May 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.6 on 17 May 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 May 2017, silver was around $16.15 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.85 is a gain of 4.3% over the week.
A month before 17 May 2017, silver was around $18.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.85 is a loss of 8.9% over the month.
This close was session 6 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 65.31% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.