Distance from the record
This close sat 18.33% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 10 December 2004, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 29 September 2004
Silver closed at $6.706 per troy ounce on 10 December 2004, down $0.054 (0.80%) from the previous close of $6.760.
This close extended a run of 5 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 18.33% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $5.600, making this a +19.75% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.71 per troy ounce on 10 December 2004. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $6.76, a move of -0.80%.
The silver price fell on 10 December 2004, losing $0.05 (0.80%) against the previous session's close of $6.76.
At $6.71 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 10 December 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.7 on 10 December 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 10 December 2004, silver was around $8.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.71 is a loss of 16.1% over the week.
A month before 10 December 2004, silver was around $7.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.71 is a loss of 9.5% over the month.
A year before 10 December 2004, silver was around $5.60 per troy ounce. The close of $6.71 therefore represents a rise of 19.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 18.33% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.