Distance from the record
This close sat 62.97% 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 20 April 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 April 2017
Silver closed at $17.99 per troy ounce on 20 April 2017, down $0.144 (0.79%) from the previous close of $18.14.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 62.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.13, making this a +5.03% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.99 per troy ounce on 20 April 2017. That is $0.14 lower than the previous close of $18.14, a move of -0.79%.
The silver price fell on 20 April 2017, losing $0.14 (0.79%) against the previous session's close of $18.14.
At $17.99 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.58 on 20 April 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.2 on 20 April 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 April 2017, silver was around $18.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.99 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
This close was session 3 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 62.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.