Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 January 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 December 2016
Silver closed at $16.50 per troy ounce on 4 January 2017, up $0.143 (0.87%) from the previous close of $16.36.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 66.04% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.82, making this a +19.41% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $16.50 per troy ounce on 4 January 2017. That is $0.14 higher than the previous close of $16.36, a move of 0.87%.
The silver price rose on 4 January 2017, gaining $0.14 (0.87%) against the previous session's close of $16.36.
At $16.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 4 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.5 on 4 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 January 2017, silver was around $15.99 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.50 is a gain of 3.2% over the week.
A year before 4 January 2017, silver was around $13.82 per troy ounce. The close of $16.50 therefore represents a rise of 19.4% over twelve months.
It closed 66.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.