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 23 January 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.15 per troy ounce on 23 January 2017, up $0.153 (0.90%) from the previous close of $17.00.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.70% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.04, making this a +22.12% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.15 per troy ounce on 23 January 2017. That is $0.15 higher than the previous close of $17.00, a move of 0.90%.
The silver price rose on 23 January 2017, gaining $0.15 (0.90%) against the previous session's close of $17.00.
At $17.15 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 23 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 23 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 23 January 2017, silver was around $16.72 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.15 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
A month before 23 January 2017, silver was around $15.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.15 is a gain of 9.2% over the month.
A year before 23 January 2017, silver was around $14.04 per troy ounce. The close of $17.15 therefore represents a rise of 22.1% over twelve months.
It closed 64.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.