Distance from the record
This close sat 63.30% 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 21 April 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 24 March 2017
Silver closed at $17.83 per troy ounce on 21 April 2017, down $0.162 (0.90%) from the previous close of $17.99.
This close extended a run of 4 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 63.30% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.09, making this a +4.35% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.83 per troy ounce on 21 April 2017. That is $0.16 lower than the previous close of $17.99, a move of -0.90%.
The silver price fell on 21 April 2017, losing $0.16 (0.90%) against the previous session's close of $17.99.
At $17.83 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 21 April 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.2 on 21 April 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 April 2017, silver was around $18.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.83 is a loss of 3.6% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 63.30% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.