Distance from the record
This close sat 15.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 September 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.966 per troy ounce on 8 September 2005, down $0.085 (1.21%) from the previous close of $7.051.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 15.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.178, making this a +12.75% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.97 per troy ounce on 8 September 2005. That is $0.09 lower than the previous close of $7.05, a move of -1.21%.
The silver price fell on 8 September 2005, losing $0.09 (1.21%) against the previous session's close of $7.05.
At $6.97 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 8 September 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.1 on 8 September 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 September 2005, silver was around $7.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.97 is a loss of 6.6% over the week.
A year before 8 September 2005, silver was around $6.18 per troy ounce. The close of $6.97 therefore represents a rise of 12.8% over twelve months.
It closed 15.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.