Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 3 January 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 24 September 2004
Silver closed at $6.477 per troy ounce on 3 January 2005, down $0.330 (4.85%) from the previous close of $6.807.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.85% 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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 21.12% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 240 of 244 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.246, making this a +3.70% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $6.48 per troy ounce on 3 January 2005. That is $0.33 lower than the previous close of $6.81, a move of -4.85%.
The silver price fell on 3 January 2005, losing $0.33 (4.85%) against the previous session's close of $6.81.
At $6.48 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.21 on 3 January 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.2 on 3 January 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 January 2005, silver was around $6.97 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.48 is a loss of 7.1% over the week.
A month before 3 January 2005, silver was around $8.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.48 is a loss of 19.0% over the month.
It closed 21.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.