Distance from the record
This close sat 48.01% 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 March 2021, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 January 2021
Silver closed at $25.26 per troy ounce on 5 March 2021, down $0.177 (0.70%) from the previous close of $25.43.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 48.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.34, making this a +45.64% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $25.26 per troy ounce on 5 March 2021. That is $0.18 lower than the previous close of $25.43, a move of -0.70%.
The silver price fell on 5 March 2021, losing $0.18 (0.70%) against the previous session's close of $25.43.
At $25.26 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.81 on 5 March 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 5 March 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 March 2021, silver was around $26.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $25.26 is a loss of 4.3% over the week.
A month before 5 March 2021, silver was around $27.01 per troy ounce, so the close of $25.26 is a loss of 6.5% over the month.
A year before 5 March 2021, silver was around $17.34 per troy ounce. The close of $25.26 therefore represents a rise of 45.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 48.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.