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This page is a historical record of the silver price in May 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver ranged between $6.840 and $7.444 per troy ounce during May 2005, averaging $7.045 across 21 trading days. It finished the period at $7.444, up 7.85% from $6.902.
The strongest session of May 2005 was 18 May 2005 at +2.28%, and the weakest 20 May 2005 at -2.60%.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.105, making this a +21.93% move year on year.
| Date | Close (USD/oz) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2005 | $6.840 | −$0.062 |
| 3 May 2005 | $6.851 | +$0.011 |
| 4 May 2005 | $6.982 | +$0.131 |
| 5 May 2005 | $7.050 | +$0.068 |
| 6 May 2005 | $6.952 | −$0.098 |
| 9 May 2005 | $7.067 | +$0.115 |
| 10 May 2005 | $7.100 | +$0.033 |
| 11 May 2005 | $7.080 | −$0.020 |
| 12 May 2005 | $6.948 | −$0.132 |
| 13 May 2005 | $6.925 | −$0.023 |
| 16 May 2005 | $6.935 | +$0.010 |
| 17 May 2005 | $7.025 | +$0.090 |
| 18 May 2005 | $7.185 | +$0.160 |
| 19 May 2005 | $7.120 | −$0.065 |
| 20 May 2005 | $6.935 | −$0.185 |
| 23 May 2005 | $6.950 | +$0.015 |
| 24 May 2005 | $6.988 | +$0.038 |
| 25 May 2005 | $7.123 | +$0.135 |
| 26 May 2005 | $7.152 | +$0.029 |
| 27 May 2005 | $7.302 | +$0.150 |
| 31 May 2005 | $7.444 | +$0.142 |
Source: Yahoo Finance (COMEX futures). Figures are indicative reference prices, not trading quotes.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver finished May 2005 at $7.44 per troy ounce, having risen $0.54 (7.85%) over the month. It has traded between $6.84 and $7.44 across 21 trading days.
The average silver closing price in May 2005 was $7.05 per troy ounce, calculated across all 21 trading days in the month.
Silver reached its highest close of May 2005 at $7.44 per troy ounce on 31 May 2005.
The lowest silver close in May 2005 was $6.84 per troy ounce on 2 May 2005.
Silver rose during May 2005. It entered the month at $6.90 and closed at $7.44, a change of 7.85%.
Silver closed higher on 14 sessions and lower on 7 during May 2005. The strongest session was 18 May 2005 (+2.28%) and the weakest 20 May 2005 (-2.60%).
Daily closes in May 2005 varied with a standard deviation of 1.38% per session, and the peak-to-trough spread across the month was 8.8% ($6.84 to $7.44).
At the May 2005 close of $7.44 per troy ounce, silver worked out at about $0.24 per gram and $239.33 per kilogram. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio averaged about 60.0 through May 2005 and finished the month near 55.9. A higher ratio means silver is cheap relative to gold.
Silver was around $6.11 per troy ounce twelve months before the end of May 2005. Closing at $7.44 makes that a gain of 21.9% year on year.