Distance from the record
This close sat 67.34% 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 6 December 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 13 July 2017
Silver closed at $15.87 per troy ounce on 6 December 2017, down $0.105 (0.66%) from the previous close of $15.97.
This close extended a run of 3 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 67.34% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.74, making this a -5.21% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.87 per troy ounce on 6 December 2017. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $15.97, a move of -0.66%.
The silver price fell on 6 December 2017, losing $0.10 (0.66%) against the previous session's close of $15.97.
At $15.87 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.51 on 6 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.6 on 6 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 December 2017, silver was around $16.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.87 is a loss of 3.6% over the week.
A month before 6 December 2017, silver was around $17.19 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.87 is a loss of 7.7% over the month.
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 67.34% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.