Distance from the record
This close sat 65.48% 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 May 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 13 January 2017
Silver closed at $16.77 per troy ounce on 2 May 2017, down $0.599 (3.45%) from the previous close of $17.37.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.45% 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 65.48% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.66, making this a -5.02% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.77 per troy ounce on 2 May 2017. That is $0.60 lower than the previous close of $17.37, a move of -3.45%.
The silver price fell on 2 May 2017, losing $0.60 (3.45%) against the previous session's close of $17.37.
At $16.77 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 2 May 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.8 on 2 May 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 May 2017, silver was around $17.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.77 is a loss of 4.6% over the week.
A month before 2 May 2017, silver was around $18.24 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.77 is a loss of 8.0% over the month.
It closed 65.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.