Distance from the record
This close sat 44.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 April 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $27.20 per troy ounce on 5 April 2013, up $0.453 (1.69%) from the previous close of $26.75.
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 44.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $31.72, making this a -14.24% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $27.20 per troy ounce on 5 April 2013. That is $0.45 higher than the previous close of $26.75, a move of 1.69%.
The silver price rose on 5 April 2013, gaining $0.45 (1.69%) against the previous session's close of $26.75.
At $27.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.87 on 5 April 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.9 on 5 April 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 April 2013, silver was around $28.29 per troy ounce, so the close of $27.20 is a loss of 3.9% over the week.
A year before 5 April 2013, silver was around $31.72 per troy ounce. The close of $27.20 therefore represents a fall of 14.2% over twelve months.
It closed 44.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.