Distance from the record
This close sat 6.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 January 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.798 per troy ounce on 17 January 2003, down $0.025 (0.52%) from the previous close of $4.823.
This close sat 6.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.438, making this a +8.11% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.80 per troy ounce on 17 January 2003. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $4.82, a move of -0.52%.
The silver price fell on 17 January 2003, losing $0.03 (0.52%) against the previous session's close of $4.82.
At $4.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 17 January 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.3 on 17 January 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 6.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.