Distance from the record
This close sat 66.61% 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 4 August 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 18 July 2017
Silver closed at $16.22 per troy ounce on 4 August 2017, down $0.372 (2.24%) from the previous close of $16.59.
Silver lost 2.24% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 66.61% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $20.41, making this a -20.50% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.22 per troy ounce on 4 August 2017. That is $0.37 lower than the previous close of $16.59, a move of -2.24%.
The silver price fell on 4 August 2017, losing $0.37 (2.24%) against the previous session's close of $16.59.
At $16.22 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 4 August 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.6 on 4 August 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 August 2017, silver was around $16.66 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.22 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
A year before 4 August 2017, silver was around $20.41 per troy ounce. The close of $16.22 therefore represents a fall of 20.5% 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 66.61% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.