Distance from the record
This close sat 12.15% 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 21 April 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $7.213 per troy ounce on 21 April 2005, down $0.120 (1.64%) from the previous close of $7.333.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 12.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.165, making this a +17.00% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $7.21 per troy ounce on 21 April 2005. That is $0.12 lower than the previous close of $7.33, a move of -1.64%.
The silver price fell on 21 April 2005, losing $0.12 (1.64%) against the previous session's close of $7.33.
At $7.21 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.23 on 21 April 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.0 on 21 April 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 April 2005, silver was around $7.06 per troy ounce, so the close of $7.21 is a gain of 2.2% over the week.
A year before 21 April 2005, silver was around $6.16 per troy ounce. The close of $7.21 therefore represents a rise of 17.0% over twelve months.
It closed 12.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.