Distance from the record
This close sat 13.08% 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 5 August 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $7.137 per troy ounce on 5 August 2005, down $0.093 (1.29%) from the previous close of $7.230.
This close sat 13.08% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.740, making this a +5.89% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $7.14 per troy ounce on 5 August 2005. That is $0.09 lower than the previous close of $7.23, a move of -1.29%.
The silver price fell on 5 August 2005, losing $0.09 (1.29%) against the previous session's close of $7.23.
At $7.14 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.23 on 5 August 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.3 on 5 August 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.