Distance from the record
This close sat 17.67% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 December 2004, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 4 October 2004
Silver closed at $6.760 per troy ounce on 9 December 2004, down $0.342 (4.82%) from the previous close of $7.102.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.82% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 17.67% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $5.635, making this a +19.96% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.76 per troy ounce on 9 December 2004. That is $0.34 lower than the previous close of $7.10, a move of -4.82%.
The silver price fell on 9 December 2004, losing $0.34 (4.82%) against the previous session's close of $7.10.
At $6.76 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 9 December 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.5 on 9 December 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 December 2004, silver was around $7.91 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.76 is a loss of 14.5% over the week.
A month before 9 December 2004, silver was around $7.53 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.76 is a loss of 10.2% over the month.
A year before 9 December 2004, silver was around $5.64 per troy ounce. The close of $6.76 therefore represents a rise of 20.0% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 17.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.