Distance from the record
This close sat 4.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-07-28.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 6 August 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.966 per troy ounce on 6 August 2003, up $0.030 (0.61%) from the previous close of $4.936.
This close sat 4.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-07-28.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.610, making this a +7.72% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.97 per troy ounce on 6 August 2003. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $4.94, a move of 0.61%.
The silver price rose on 6 August 2003, gaining $0.03 (0.61%) against the previous session's close of $4.94.
At $4.97 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.16 on 6 August 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.6 on 6 August 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 6 August 2003, silver was around $4.68 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.97 is a gain of 6.1% over the month.
It closed 4.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-07-28.