Distance from the record
This close sat 15.26% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 October 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.333 per troy ounce on 17 October 2002, down $0.025 (0.57%) from the previous close of $4.358.
This close sat 15.26% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.348, making this a -0.34% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.33 per troy ounce on 17 October 2002. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $4.36, a move of -0.57%.
The silver price fell on 17 October 2002, losing $0.02 (0.57%) against the previous session's close of $4.36.
At $4.33 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 17 October 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.9 on 17 October 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 October 2002, silver was around $4.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.33 is a loss of 5.3% over the month.
It closed 15.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.