Distance from the record
This close sat 65.14% 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 September 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 16 August 2017
Silver closed at $16.94 per troy ounce on 21 September 2017, down $0.314 (1.82%) from the previous close of $17.25.
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 65.14% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.69, making this a -13.96% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.94 per troy ounce on 21 September 2017. That is $0.31 lower than the previous close of $17.25, a move of -1.82%.
The silver price fell on 21 September 2017, losing $0.31 (1.82%) against the previous session's close of $17.25.
At $16.94 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 21 September 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.2 on 21 September 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 September 2017, silver was around $17.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.94 is a loss of 4.3% over the week.
A year before 21 September 2017, silver was around $19.69 per troy ounce. The close of $16.94 therefore represents a fall of 14.0% over twelve months.
It closed 65.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.