Distance from the record
This close sat 8.76% 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 18 December 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.665 per troy ounce on 18 December 2002, up $0.025 (0.54%) from the previous close of $4.640.
This close sat 8.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.415, making this a +5.66% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.66 per troy ounce on 18 December 2002. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $4.64, a move of 0.54%.
The silver price rose on 18 December 2002, gaining $0.03 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $4.64.
At $4.66 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 18 December 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.3 on 18 December 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 8.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.