Distance from the record
This close sat 65.87% 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 October 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.58 per troy ounce on 5 October 2017, up $0.019 (0.11%) from the previous close of $16.56.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.11% 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 65.87% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.63, making this a -5.97% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.58 per troy ounce on 5 October 2017. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $16.56, a move of 0.11%.
The silver price rose on 5 October 2017, gaining $0.02 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $16.56.
At $16.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 5 October 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.6 on 5 October 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 October 2017, silver was around $17.84 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.58 is a loss of 7.1% over the month.
It closed 65.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.