Distance from the record
This close sat 15.15% 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 12 December 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.245 per troy ounce on 12 December 2001, down $0.012 (0.28%) from the previous close of $4.257.
This close sat 15.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.660, making this a -8.91% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.24 per troy ounce on 12 December 2001. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $4.26, a move of -0.28%.
The silver price fell on 12 December 2001, losing $0.01 (0.28%) against the previous session's close of $4.26.
At $4.24 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 12 December 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.5 on 12 December 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 15.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.