Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
Loading…
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 May 2004, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $5.668 per troy ounce on 17 May 2004, down $0.053 (0.93%) from the previous close of $5.721.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 30.97% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 240 of 246 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.782, making this a +18.53% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $5.67 per troy ounce on 17 May 2004. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $5.72, a move of -0.93%.
The silver price fell on 17 May 2004, losing $0.05 (0.93%) against the previous session's close of $5.72.
At $5.67 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.18 on 17 May 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.0 on 17 May 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 May 2004, silver was around $7.14 per troy ounce, so the close of $5.67 is a loss of 20.6% over the month.
A year before 17 May 2004, silver was around $4.78 per troy ounce. The close of $5.67 therefore represents a rise of 18.5% over twelve months.
It closed 30.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.