Distance from the record
This close sat 11.09% 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 October 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.448 per troy ounce on 12 October 2001, up $0.045 (1.02%) from the previous close of $4.403.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 11.09% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.923, making this a -9.65% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.45 per troy ounce on 12 October 2001. That is $0.05 higher than the previous close of $4.40, a move of 1.02%.
The silver price rose on 12 October 2001, gaining $0.05 (1.02%) against the previous session's close of $4.40.
At $4.45 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 12 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.1 on 12 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 October 2001, silver was around $4.66 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.45 is a loss of 4.7% over the week.
A month before 12 October 2001, silver was around $4.18 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.45 is a gain of 6.5% over the month.
It closed 11.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.