Distance from the record
This close sat 64.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 24 May 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.08 per troy ounce on 24 May 2017, down $0.014 (0.08%) from the previous close of $17.09.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.08% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 64.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.24, making this a +5.17% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.08 per troy ounce on 24 May 2017. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $17.09, a move of -0.08%.
The silver price fell on 24 May 2017, losing $0.01 (0.08%) against the previous session's close of $17.09.
At $17.08 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 24 May 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.3 on 24 May 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 64.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.