Distance from the record
This close sat 64.62% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 28 April 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 March 2017
Silver closed at $17.19 per troy ounce on 28 April 2017, down $0.074 (0.43%) from the previous close of $17.26.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 4 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 64.62% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.55, making this a -2.06% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.19 per troy ounce on 28 April 2017. That is $0.07 lower than the previous close of $17.26, a move of -0.43%.
The silver price fell on 28 April 2017, losing $0.07 (0.43%) against the previous session's close of $17.26.
At $17.19 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 28 April 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.6 on 28 April 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 28 April 2017, silver was around $17.83 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.19 is a loss of 3.6% over the week.
A month before 28 April 2017, silver was around $18.23 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.19 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
This close was session 4 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 64.62% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.