Distance from the record
This close sat 6.77% 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 October 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $7.655 per troy ounce on 21 October 2005, up $0.042 (0.55%) from the previous close of $7.613.
This close sat 6.77% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.291, making this a +4.99% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $7.66 per troy ounce on 21 October 2005. That is $0.04 higher than the previous close of $7.61, a move of 0.55%.
The silver price rose on 21 October 2005, gaining $0.04 (0.55%) against the previous session's close of $7.61.
At $7.66 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.25 on 21 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.0 on 21 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 October 2005, silver was around $7.81 per troy ounce, so the close of $7.66 is a loss of 2.0% over the week.
It closed 6.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.