Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 August 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 16 April 2002
Silver closed at $4.402 per troy ounce on 19 August 2002, down $0.088 (1.96%) from the previous close of $4.490.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 13.91% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.257, making this a +3.41% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.40 per troy ounce on 19 August 2002. That is $0.09 lower than the previous close of $4.49, a move of -1.96%.
The silver price fell on 19 August 2002, losing $0.09 (1.96%) against the previous session's close of $4.49.
At $4.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 19 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.5 on 19 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 August 2002, silver was around $4.59 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.40 is a loss of 4.1% over the week.
A month before 19 August 2002, silver was around $5.06 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.40 is a loss of 13.1% over the month.
It closed 13.91% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.