Distance from the record
This close sat 64.79% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 November 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.11 per troy ounce on 8 November 2017, up $0.201 (1.19%) from the previous close of $16.91.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 64.79% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.33, making this a -6.68% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.11 per troy ounce on 8 November 2017. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $16.91, a move of 1.19%.
The silver price rose on 8 November 2017, gaining $0.20 (1.19%) against the previous session's close of $16.91.
At $17.11 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 8 November 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.9 on 8 November 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 November 2017, silver was around $16.38 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.11 is a gain of 4.4% over the week.
It closed 64.79% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.