Distance from the record
This close sat 65.63% 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 2 August 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 4.5% in a single session
Silver closed at $16.70 per troy ounce on 2 August 2017, down $0.783 (4.48%) from the previous close of $17.48.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.48% 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 close sat 65.63% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $20.67, making this a -19.21% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.70 per troy ounce on 2 August 2017. That is $0.78 lower than the previous close of $17.48, a move of -4.48%.
The silver price fell on 2 August 2017, losing $0.78 (4.48%) against the previous session's close of $17.48.
At $16.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 2 August 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.2 on 2 August 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 August 2017, silver was around $20.67 per troy ounce. The close of $16.70 therefore represents a fall of 19.2% over twelve months.
It closed 65.63% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.