Distance from the record
This close sat 65.39% 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 26 January 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 13 January 2017
Silver closed at $16.81 per troy ounce on 26 January 2017, down $0.130 (0.77%) from the previous close of $16.94.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 65.39% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.54, making this a +15.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.81 per troy ounce on 26 January 2017. That is $0.13 lower than the previous close of $16.94, a move of -0.77%.
The silver price fell on 26 January 2017, losing $0.13 (0.77%) against the previous session's close of $16.94.
At $16.81 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 26 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.7 on 26 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 26 January 2017, silver was around $15.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.81 is a gain of 7.1% over the month.
A year before 26 January 2017, silver was around $14.54 per troy ounce. The close of $16.81 therefore represents a rise of 15.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 65.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.