Distance from the record
This close sat 65.08% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 January 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.97 per troy ounce on 19 January 2017, down $0.268 (1.55%) from the previous close of $17.24.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 65.08% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.11, making this a +20.25% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.97 per troy ounce on 19 January 2017. That is $0.27 lower than the previous close of $17.24, a move of -1.55%.
The silver price fell on 19 January 2017, losing $0.27 (1.55%) against the previous session's close of $17.24.
At $16.97 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 19 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 19 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 January 2017, silver was around $16.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.97 is a gain of 5.9% over the month.
A year before 19 January 2017, silver was around $14.11 per troy ounce. The close of $16.97 therefore represents a rise of 20.2% over twelve months.
It closed 65.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.