Distance from the record
This close sat 5.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 May 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.814 per troy ounce on 13 May 2003, down $0.047 (0.97%) from the previous close of $4.861.
This close sat 5.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.596, making this a +4.74% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.81 per troy ounce on 13 May 2003. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $4.86, a move of -0.97%.
The silver price fell on 13 May 2003, losing $0.05 (0.97%) against the previous session's close of $4.86.
At $4.81 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 13 May 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.7 on 13 May 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 13 May 2003, silver was around $4.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.81 is a gain of 7.2% over the month.
It closed 5.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.