Distance from the record
This close sat 55.51% 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 November 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 16 October 2013
Silver closed at $21.61 per troy ounce on 5 November 2013, down $0.064 (0.30%) from the previous close of $21.68.
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 55.51% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $31.11, making this a -30.53% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $21.61 per troy ounce on 5 November 2013. That is $0.06 lower than the previous close of $21.68, a move of -0.30%.
The silver price fell on 5 November 2013, losing $0.06 (0.30%) against the previous session's close of $21.68.
At $21.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.69 on 5 November 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.5 on 5 November 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 November 2013, silver was around $22.45 per troy ounce, so the close of $21.61 is a loss of 3.7% over the week.
A year before 5 November 2013, silver was around $31.11 per troy ounce. The close of $21.61 therefore represents a fall of 30.5% 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 55.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.