Distance from the record
This close sat 11.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 April 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.445 per troy ounce on 17 April 2002, up $0.045 (1.02%) from the previous close of $4.400.
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 11.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.360, making this a +1.95% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.45 per troy ounce on 17 April 2002. That is $0.05 higher than the previous close of $4.40, a move of 1.02%.
The silver price rose on 17 April 2002, 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 17 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.0 on 17 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 April 2002, silver was around $4.62 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.45 is a loss of 3.8% over the week.
It closed 11.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.