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 December 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 15 October 2001
Silver closed at $4.360 per troy ounce on 17 December 2001, up $0.003 (0.07%) from the previous close of $4.357.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 12.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.563, making this a -4.45% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.36 per troy ounce on 17 December 2001. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $4.36, a move of 0.07%.
The silver price rose on 17 December 2001, gaining $0.00 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $4.36.
At $4.36 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 17 December 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.7 on 17 December 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 December 2001, silver was around $4.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.36 is a gain of 3.2% over the week.
A month before 17 December 2001, silver was around $4.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.36 is a gain of 6.5% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 12.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.