Highest closing price since 1 May 2002
Silver closed at $4.853 per troy ounce on 1 January 2003, up $0.439 (9.95%) from the previous close of $4.414.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.216, making this a +15.11% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.85 per troy ounce on 1 January 2003. That is $0.44 higher than the previous close of $4.41, a move of 9.95%.
The silver price rose on 1 January 2003, gaining $0.44 (9.95%) against the previous session's close of $4.41.
At $4.85 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.16 on 1 January 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.9 on 1 January 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 January 2003, silver was around $4.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.85 is a gain of 9.9% over the week.
A month before 1 January 2003, silver was around $4.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.85 is a gain of 9.9% over the month.
A year before 1 January 2003, silver was around $4.22 per troy ounce. The close of $4.85 therefore represents a rise of 15.1% over twelve months.