Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 July 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 30 June 2017
Silver closed at $16.41 per troy ounce on 21 July 2017, up $0.111 (0.68%) from the previous close of $16.30.
This close extended a run of 6 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 66.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.78, making this a -17.05% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.41 per troy ounce on 21 July 2017. That is $0.11 higher than the previous close of $16.30, a move of 0.68%.
The silver price rose on 21 July 2017, gaining $0.11 (0.68%) against the previous session's close of $16.30.
At $16.41 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 21 July 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.4 on 21 July 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 July 2017, silver was around $15.88 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.41 is a gain of 3.3% over the week.
A year before 21 July 2017, silver was around $19.78 per troy ounce. The close of $16.41 therefore represents a fall of 17.1% over twelve months.
This close was session 6 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 66.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.