Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 31 August 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.781 per troy ounce on 31 August 2005, up $0.090 (1.35%) from the previous close of $6.691.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 17.42% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.771, making this a +0.15% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.78 per troy ounce on 31 August 2005. That is $0.09 higher than the previous close of $6.69, a move of 1.35%.
The silver price rose on 31 August 2005, gaining $0.09 (1.35%) against the previous session's close of $6.69.
At $6.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 31 August 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.0 on 31 August 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 31 August 2005, silver was around $7.24 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.78 is a loss of 6.3% over the month.
It closed 17.42% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.