Distance from the record
This close sat 7.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 20 October 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $7.613 per troy ounce on 20 October 2005, up $0.018 (0.24%) from the previous close of $7.595.
This close sat 7.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.333, making this a +3.82% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $7.61 per troy ounce on 20 October 2005. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $7.59, a move of 0.24%.
The silver price rose on 20 October 2005, gaining $0.02 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $7.59.
At $7.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.24 on 20 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.6 on 20 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.