Distance from the record
This close sat 5.98% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 December 2000, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.704 per troy ounce on 5 December 2000, down $0.010 (0.21%) from the previous close of $4.714.
This close sat 5.98% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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Silver closed at $4.70 per troy ounce on 5 December 2000. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $4.71, a move of -0.21%.
The silver price fell on 5 December 2000, losing $0.01 (0.21%) against the previous session's close of $4.71.
At $4.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 5 December 2000. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.5 on 5 December 2000, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 5.98% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.