Distance from the record
This close sat 2.50% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-07-28.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 3 September 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $5.060 per troy ounce on 3 September 2003, up $0.072 (1.44%) from the previous close of $4.988.
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 2.50% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-07-28.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.454, making this a +13.61% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $5.06 per troy ounce on 3 September 2003. That is $0.07 higher than the previous close of $4.99, a move of 1.44%.
The silver price rose on 3 September 2003, gaining $0.07 (1.44%) against the previous session's close of $4.99.
At $5.06 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.16 on 3 September 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.9 on 3 September 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 3 September 2003, silver was around $4.45 per troy ounce. The close of $5.06 therefore represents a rise of 13.6% over twelve months.
It closed 2.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-07-28.