Distance from the record
This close sat 6.38% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 May 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.787 per troy ounce on 9 May 2003, down $0.002 (0.04%) from the previous close of $4.789.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.04% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 6.38% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.615, making this a +3.73% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.79 per troy ounce on 9 May 2003. That is $0.00 lower than the previous close of $4.79, a move of -0.04%.
The silver price fell on 9 May 2003, losing $0.00 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $4.79.
At $4.79 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 9 May 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.8 on 9 May 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 May 2003, silver was around $4.48 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.79 is a gain of 6.9% over the month.
It closed 6.38% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.