Distance from the record
This close sat 6.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-09-11.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 November 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.979 per troy ounce on 5 November 2003, down $0.045 (0.90%) from the previous close of $5.024.
This close sat 6.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-09-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.489, making this a +10.92% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.98 per troy ounce on 5 November 2003. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $5.02, a move of -0.90%.
The silver price fell on 5 November 2003, losing $0.05 (0.90%) against the previous session's close of $5.02.
At $4.98 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.16 on 5 November 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.8 on 5 November 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 November 2003, silver was around $5.14 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.98 is a loss of 3.1% over the week.
It closed 6.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-09-11.