Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 6 October 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.73 per troy ounce on 6 October 2017, up $0.152 (0.92%) from the previous close of $16.58.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 65.56% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.29, making this a -3.20% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.73 per troy ounce on 6 October 2017. That is $0.15 higher than the previous close of $16.58, a move of 0.92%.
The silver price rose on 6 October 2017, gaining $0.15 (0.92%) against the previous session's close of $16.58.
At $16.73 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 6 October 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.0 on 6 October 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 6 October 2017, silver was around $17.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.73 is a loss of 6.1% over the month.
It closed 65.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.