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 20 October 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 2 October 2003
Silver closed at $5.000 per troy ounce on 20 October 2003, up $0.065 (1.32%) from the previous close of $4.935.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 6.14% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-09-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.352, making this a +14.89% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $5.00 per troy ounce on 20 October 2003. That is $0.07 higher than the previous close of $4.93, a move of 1.32%.
The silver price rose on 20 October 2003, gaining $0.07 (1.32%) against the previous session's close of $4.93.
At $5.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.16 on 20 October 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.8 on 20 October 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 20 October 2003, silver was around $5.28 per troy ounce, so the close of $5.00 is a loss of 5.3% over the month.
A year before 20 October 2003, silver was around $4.35 per troy ounce. The close of $5.00 therefore represents a rise of 14.9% over twelve months.
It closed 6.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-09-11.