Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 18 September 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 25 August 2017
Silver closed at $17.07 per troy ounce on 18 September 2017, down $0.540 (3.07%) from the previous close of $17.61.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.07% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.86% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.78, making this a -9.10% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.07 per troy ounce on 18 September 2017. That is $0.54 lower than the previous close of $17.61, a move of -3.07%.
The silver price fell on 18 September 2017, losing $0.54 (3.07%) against the previous session's close of $17.61.
At $17.07 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 18 September 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.5 on 18 September 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 September 2017, silver was around $17.81 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.07 is a loss of 4.1% over the week.
This close was session 6 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 64.86% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.