Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 31 August 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 August 2017
Silver closed at $17.48 per troy ounce on 31 August 2017, up $0.076 (0.44%) from the previous close of $17.40.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 64.02% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.62, making this a -6.13% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.48 per troy ounce on 31 August 2017. That is $0.08 higher than the previous close of $17.40, a move of 0.44%.
The silver price rose on 31 August 2017, gaining $0.08 (0.44%) against the previous session's close of $17.40.
At $17.48 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 31 August 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.3 on 31 August 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 31 August 2017, silver was around $16.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.48 is a gain of 3.1% over the week.
It closed 64.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 60 trading sessions before this one.