Distance from the record
This close sat 63.57% 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 3 March 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 8 February 2017
Silver closed at $17.70 per troy ounce on 3 March 2017, down $0.008 (0.05%) from the previous close of $17.70.
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 63.57% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.13, making this a +16.96% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.70 per troy ounce on 3 March 2017. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $17.70, a move of -0.05%.
The silver price fell on 3 March 2017, losing $0.01 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $17.70.
At $17.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 3 March 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.2 on 3 March 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 March 2017, silver was around $18.33 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.70 is a loss of 3.5% over the week.
A year before 3 March 2017, silver was around $15.13 per troy ounce. The close of $17.70 therefore represents a rise of 17.0% 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 63.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.