Distance from the record
This close sat 11.99% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 11 October 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 17 September 2001
Silver closed at $4.403 per troy ounce on 11 October 2001, down $0.015 (0.34%) from the previous close of $4.418.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 11.99% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.870, making this a -9.59% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.40 per troy ounce on 11 October 2001. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $4.42, a move of -0.34%.
The silver price fell on 11 October 2001, losing $0.02 (0.34%) against the previous session's close of $4.42.
At $4.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 11 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.0 on 11 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 October 2001, silver was around $4.64 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.40 is a loss of 5.0% over the week.
A month before 11 October 2001, silver was around $4.18 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.40 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
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 11.99% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.