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 5 January 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 December 2016
Silver closed at $16.58 per troy ounce on 5 January 2017, up $0.085 (0.52%) from the previous close of $16.50.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 65.87% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.95, making this a +18.89% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $16.58 per troy ounce on 5 January 2017. That is $0.08 higher than the previous close of $16.50, a move of 0.52%.
The silver price rose on 5 January 2017, gaining $0.08 (0.52%) against the previous session's close of $16.50.
At $16.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 5 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.1 on 5 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 January 2017, silver was around $16.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.58 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
A year before 5 January 2017, silver was around $13.95 per troy ounce. The close of $16.58 therefore represents a rise of 18.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 65.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.