Distance from the record
This close sat 64.25% 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 31 May 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.37 per troy ounce on 31 May 2017, down $0.020 (0.12%) from the previous close of $17.39.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.12% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 64.25% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.97, making this a +8.74% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.37 per troy ounce on 31 May 2017. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $17.39, a move of -0.12%.
The silver price fell on 31 May 2017, losing $0.02 (0.12%) against the previous session's close of $17.39.
At $17.37 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 31 May 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.2 on 31 May 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 64.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.