Distance from the record
This close sat 17.15% 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 22 December 2004, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.803 per troy ounce on 22 December 2004, down $0.092 (1.33%) from the previous close of $6.895.
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 17.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $5.709, making this a +19.16% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.80 per troy ounce on 22 December 2004. That is $0.09 lower than the previous close of $6.89, a move of -1.33%.
The silver price fell on 22 December 2004, losing $0.09 (1.33%) against the previous session's close of $6.89.
At $6.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 22 December 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.7 on 22 December 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 22 December 2004, silver was around $7.57 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.80 is a loss of 10.1% over the month.
A year before 22 December 2004, silver was around $5.71 per troy ounce. The close of $6.80 therefore represents a rise of 19.2% over twelve months.
It closed 17.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.