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This page is a historical record of the silver price in October 2017, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver ranged between $16.56 and $17.35 per troy ounce during October 2017, averaging $16.91 across 22 trading days. It finished the period at $16.65, up 0.23% from $16.61.
The strongest session of October 2017 was 19 October 2017 at +1.52%, and the weakest 17 October 2017 at -1.89%.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.76, making this a -6.29% move year on year.
| Date | Close (USD/oz) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2017 | $16.58 | −$0.022 |
| 3 October 2017 | $16.58 | −$0.004 |
| 4 October 2017 | $16.56 | −$0.018 |
| 5 October 2017 | $16.58 | +$0.019 |
| 6 October 2017 | $16.73 | +$0.152 |
| 9 October 2017 | $16.92 | +$0.182 |
| 10 October 2017 | $17.16 | +$0.239 |
| 11 October 2017 | $17.08 | −$0.074 |
| 12 October 2017 | $17.21 | +$0.130 |
| 13 October 2017 | $17.35 | +$0.144 |
| 16 October 2017 | $17.32 | −$0.040 |
| 17 October 2017 | $16.99 | −$0.328 |
| 18 October 2017 | $16.94 | −$0.044 |
| 19 October 2017 | $17.20 | +$0.258 |
| 20 October 2017 | $17.02 | −$0.179 |
| 23 October 2017 | $17.02 | +$0.002 |
| 24 October 2017 | $16.91 | −$0.117 |
| 25 October 2017 | $16.87 | −$0.039 |
| 26 October 2017 | $16.76 | −$0.104 |
| 27 October 2017 | $16.70 | −$0.062 |
| 30 October 2017 | $16.80 | +$0.100 |
| 31 October 2017 | $16.65 | −$0.157 |
Source: Yahoo Finance (COMEX futures). Figures are indicative reference prices, not trading quotes.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver finished October 2017 at $16.65 per troy ounce, having risen $0.04 (0.23%) over the month. It has traded between $16.56 and $17.35 across 22 trading days.
The average silver closing price in October 2017 was $16.91 per troy ounce, calculated across all 22 trading days in the month.
Silver reached its highest close of October 2017 at $17.35 per troy ounce on 13 October 2017.
The lowest silver close in October 2017 was $16.56 per troy ounce on 4 October 2017.
Silver rose during October 2017. It entered the month at $16.61 and closed at $16.65, a change of 0.23%.
Silver closed higher on 9 sessions and lower on 13 during October 2017. The strongest session was 19 October 2017 (+1.52%) and the weakest 17 October 2017 (-1.89%).
Daily closes in October 2017 varied with a standard deviation of 0.84% per session, and the peak-to-trough spread across the month was 4.8% ($16.56 to $17.35).
At the October 2017 close of $16.65 per troy ounce, silver worked out at about $0.54 per gram and $535.15 per kilogram. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio averaged about 75.7 through October 2017 and finished the month near 76.1. A higher ratio means silver is cheap relative to gold.
Silver was around $17.76 per troy ounce twelve months before the end of October 2017. Closing at $16.65 makes that a decline of 6.3% year on year.