Distance from the record
This close sat 64.96% 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 October 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.02 per troy ounce on 20 October 2017, down $0.179 (1.04%) from the previous close of $17.20.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 64.96% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.50, making this a -2.74% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.02 per troy ounce on 20 October 2017. That is $0.18 lower than the previous close of $17.20, a move of -1.04%.
The silver price fell on 20 October 2017, losing $0.18 (1.04%) against the previous session's close of $17.20.
At $17.02 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 20 October 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.0 on 20 October 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 64.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.