Distance from the record
This close sat 16.06% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 March 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.36 per troy ounce on 5 March 2010, up $0.206 (1.20%) from the previous close of $17.16.
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 16.06% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.10, making this a +32.48% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.36 per troy ounce on 5 March 2010. That is $0.21 higher than the previous close of $17.16, a move of 1.20%.
The silver price rose on 5 March 2010, gaining $0.21 (1.20%) against the previous session's close of $17.16.
At $17.36 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 5 March 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.4 on 5 March 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 March 2010, silver was around $16.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.36 is a gain of 5.2% over the week.
A month before 5 March 2010, silver was around $14.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.36 is a gain of 17.1% over the month.
A year before 5 March 2010, silver was around $13.10 per troy ounce. The close of $17.36 therefore represents a rise of 32.5% over twelve months.
It closed 16.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.