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 2022, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $21.74 per troy ounce on 17 May 2022, up $0.202 (0.94%) from the previous close of $21.53.
This close extended a run of 3 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 55.26% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.26, making this a -23.08% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $21.74 per troy ounce on 17 May 2022. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $21.53, a move of 0.94%.
The silver price rose on 17 May 2022, gaining $0.20 (0.94%) against the previous session's close of $21.53.
At $21.74 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.70 on 17 May 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 83.6 on 17 May 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 83.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 May 2022, silver was around $25.69 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.74 is a loss of 15.4% over the month.
A year before 17 May 2022, silver was around $28.26 per troy ounce. The close of $21.74 therefore represents a fall of 23.1% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 55.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.