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 22 December 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 December 2017
Silver closed at $16.36 per troy ounce on 22 December 2017, up $0.205 (1.27%) from the previous close of $16.15.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 66.33% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.81, making this a +3.43% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.36 per troy ounce on 22 December 2017. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $16.15, a move of 1.27%.
The silver price rose on 22 December 2017, gaining $0.20 (1.27%) against the previous session's close of $16.15.
At $16.36 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 22 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.0 on 22 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 December 2017, silver was around $15.98 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.36 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
It closed 66.33% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.