Distance from the record
This close sat 14.93% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 August 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.985 per troy ounce on 17 August 2005, down $0.048 (0.68%) from the previous close of $7.033.
This close sat 14.93% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.723, making this a +3.90% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $6.99 per troy ounce on 17 August 2005. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $7.03, a move of -0.68%.
The silver price fell on 17 August 2005, losing $0.05 (0.68%) against the previous session's close of $7.03.
At $6.99 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 17 August 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.0 on 17 August 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 14.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.