Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 November 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.5% in a single session
Silver closed at $5.223 per troy ounce on 17 November 2003, down $0.188 (3.47%) from the previous close of $5.411.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.47% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 3.47% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-11-14.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.573, making this a +14.21% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $5.22 per troy ounce on 17 November 2003. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $5.41, a move of -3.47%.
The silver price fell on 17 November 2003, losing $0.19 (3.47%) against the previous session's close of $5.41.
At $5.22 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.17 on 17 November 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.0 on 17 November 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 November 2003, silver was around $5.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $5.22 is a gain of 2.7% over the week.
A month before 17 November 2003, silver was around $4.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $5.22 is a gain of 5.8% over the month.
A year before 17 November 2003, silver was around $4.57 per troy ounce. The close of $5.22 therefore represents a rise of 14.2% over twelve months.
It closed 3.47% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-11-14.