Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 May 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 31 August 2020
Silver closed at $28.26 per troy ounce on 17 May 2021, up $0.907 (3.32%) from the previous close of $27.35.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
This was a 3.32% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 41.83% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 2 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.05, making this a +65.79% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $28.26 per troy ounce on 17 May 2021. That is $0.91 higher than the previous close of $27.35, a move of 3.32%.
The silver price rose on 17 May 2021, gaining $0.91 (3.32%) against the previous session's close of $27.35.
At $28.26 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.91 on 17 May 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.1 on 17 May 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 May 2021, silver was around $27.48 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.26 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 17 May 2021, silver was around $26.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $28.26 is a gain of 8.3% over the month.
A year before 17 May 2021, silver was around $17.05 per troy ounce. The close of $28.26 therefore represents a rise of 65.8% over twelve months.
It closed 41.83% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 8 months earlier — 178 trading sessions before this one.