Distance from the record
This close sat 11.29% 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 January 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 20 December 2001
Silver closed at $4.438 per troy ounce on 17 January 2002, down $0.117 (2.57%) from the previous close of $4.555.
Silver lost 2.57% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 11.29% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.710, making this a -5.77% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.44 per troy ounce on 17 January 2002. That is $0.12 lower than the previous close of $4.55, a move of -2.57%.
The silver price fell on 17 January 2002, losing $0.12 (2.57%) against the previous session's close of $4.55.
At $4.44 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 17 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.1 on 17 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 January 2002, silver was around $4.69 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.44 is a loss of 5.4% over the week.
It closed 11.29% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.