Distance from the record
This close sat 63.56% 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 March 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 8 February 2017
Silver closed at $17.70 per troy ounce on 2 March 2017, down $0.530 (2.91%) from the previous close of $18.24.
Silver lost 2.91% 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 63.56% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.00, making this a +18.01% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.70 per troy ounce on 2 March 2017. That is $0.53 lower than the previous close of $18.24, a move of -2.91%.
The silver price fell on 2 March 2017, losing $0.53 (2.91%) against the previous session's close of $18.24.
At $17.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 2 March 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.6 on 2 March 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 March 2017, silver was around $18.11 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.70 is a loss of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 2 March 2017, silver was around $15.00 per troy ounce. The close of $17.70 therefore represents a rise of 18.0% over twelve months.
It closed 63.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.