Distance from the record
This close sat 12.05% 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 16 April 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 25 February 2002
Silver closed at $4.400 per troy ounce on 16 April 2002, down $0.045 (1.01%) from the previous close of $4.445.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 12.05% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.432, making this a -0.72% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.40 per troy ounce on 16 April 2002. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $4.45, a move of -1.01%.
The silver price fell on 16 April 2002, losing $0.05 (1.01%) against the previous session's close of $4.45.
At $4.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 16 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.9 on 16 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 April 2002, silver was around $4.55 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.40 is a loss of 3.3% over the week.
It closed 12.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.