Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 August 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 18 July 2001
Silver closed at $4.257 per troy ounce on 17 August 2001, up $0.067 (1.60%) from the previous close of $4.190.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 14.91% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.26 per troy ounce on 17 August 2001. That is $0.07 higher than the previous close of $4.19, a move of 1.60%.
The silver price rose on 17 August 2001, gaining $0.07 (1.60%) against the previous session's close of $4.19.
At $4.26 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 17 August 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 17 August 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 August 2001, silver was around $4.14 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.26 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
It closed 14.91% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.