Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 May 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 February 2003
Silver closed at $4.802 per troy ounce on 5 May 2003, up $0.018 (0.38%) from the previous close of $4.784.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.08% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.597, making this a +4.46% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.80 per troy ounce on 5 May 2003. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $4.78, a move of 0.38%.
The silver price rose on 5 May 2003, gaining $0.02 (0.38%) against the previous session's close of $4.78.
At $4.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 5 May 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.3 on 5 May 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 May 2003, silver was around $4.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.80 is a gain of 4.9% over the week.
A month before 5 May 2003, silver was around $4.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.80 is a gain of 8.9% over the month.
It closed 6.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 62 trading sessions before this one.