Distance from the record
This close sat 21.73% 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 4 January 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 24 September 2004
Silver closed at $6.427 per troy ounce on 4 January 2005, down $0.050 (0.77%) from the previous close of $6.477.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; lowest close of the month.
This close sat 21.73% 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 244 of 244 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.246, making this a +2.90% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.43 per troy ounce on 4 January 2005. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $6.48, a move of -0.77%.
The silver price fell on 4 January 2005, losing $0.05 (0.77%) against the previous session's close of $6.48.
At $6.43 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.21 on 4 January 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.7 on 4 January 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 January 2005, silver was around $7.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.43 is a loss of 8.5% over the week.
A month before 4 January 2005, silver was around $8.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.43 is a loss of 19.6% over the month.
It closed 21.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.