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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 18 May 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 26 April 2005
Silver closed at $7.185 per troy ounce on 18 May 2005, up $0.160 (2.28%) from the previous close of $7.025.
This was a 2.28% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 12.50% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $5.673, making this a +26.65% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $7.18 per troy ounce on 18 May 2005. That is $0.16 higher than the previous close of $7.03, a move of 2.28%.
The silver price rose on 18 May 2005, gaining $0.16 (2.28%) against the previous session's close of $7.03.
At $7.18 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.23 on 18 May 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.7 on 18 May 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 May 2005, silver was around $5.67 per troy ounce. The close of $7.18 therefore represents a rise of 26.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 12.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.