Distance from the record
This close sat 13.09% 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 October 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.348 per troy ounce on 17 October 2001, up $0.025 (0.58%) from the previous close of $4.323.
This close sat 13.09% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.843, making this a -10.22% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.35 per troy ounce on 17 October 2001. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $4.32, a move of 0.58%.
The silver price rose on 17 October 2001, gaining $0.03 (0.58%) against the previous session's close of $4.32.
At $4.35 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 17 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.2 on 17 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.