Distance from the record
This close sat 65.41% 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 September 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 August 2017
Silver closed at $16.80 per troy ounce on 26 September 2017, down $0.255 (1.49%) from the previous close of $17.06.
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 65.41% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.52, making this a -13.90% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.80 per troy ounce on 26 September 2017. That is $0.25 lower than the previous close of $17.06, a move of -1.49%.
The silver price fell on 26 September 2017, losing $0.25 (1.49%) against the previous session's close of $17.06.
At $16.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 26 September 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.2 on 26 September 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 September 2017, silver was around $17.19 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.80 is a loss of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 26 September 2017, silver was around $19.52 per troy ounce. The close of $16.80 therefore represents a fall of 13.9% over twelve months.
It closed 65.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.