Distance from the record
This close sat 67.39% 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 5 July 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 23 December 2016
Silver closed at $15.84 per troy ounce on 5 July 2017, down $0.195 (1.22%) from the previous close of $16.04.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 67.39% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.87, making this a -20.26% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.84 per troy ounce on 5 July 2017. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $16.04, a move of -1.22%.
The silver price fell on 5 July 2017, losing $0.20 (1.22%) against the previous session's close of $16.04.
At $15.84 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 5 July 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.0 on 5 July 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 July 2017, silver was around $16.72 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.84 is a loss of 5.2% over the week.
A month before 5 July 2017, silver was around $17.55 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.84 is a loss of 9.7% over the month.
A year before 5 July 2017, silver was around $19.87 per troy ounce. The close of $15.84 therefore represents a fall of 20.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 67.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.