Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 December 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 December 2017
Silver closed at $16.19 per troy ounce on 20 December 2017, up $0.122 (0.76%) from the previous close of $16.07.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 66.68% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.05, making this a +0.83% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.19 per troy ounce on 20 December 2017. That is $0.12 higher than the previous close of $16.07, a move of 0.76%.
The silver price rose on 20 December 2017, gaining $0.12 (0.76%) against the previous session's close of $16.07.
At $16.19 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 20 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.2 on 20 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 December 2017, silver was around $15.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.19 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
It closed 66.68% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.