Distance from the record
This close sat 15.94% 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 29 April 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 April 2005
Silver closed at $6.902 per troy ounce on 29 April 2005, down $0.232 (3.25%) from the previous close of $7.134.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.25% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 15.94% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $5.820, making this a +18.59% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.90 per troy ounce on 29 April 2005. That is $0.23 lower than the previous close of $7.13, a move of -3.25%.
The silver price fell on 29 April 2005, losing $0.23 (3.25%) against the previous session's close of $7.13.
At $6.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 29 April 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.0 on 29 April 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 29 April 2005, silver was around $7.27 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.90 is a loss of 5.1% over the week.
A year before 29 April 2005, silver was around $5.82 per troy ounce. The close of $6.90 therefore represents a rise of 18.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 15.94% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.