Distance from the record
This close sat 13.99% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 December 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.303 per troy ounce on 19 December 2001, down $0.112 (2.54%) from the previous close of $4.415.
Silver lost 2.54% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 13.99% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.585, making this a -6.15% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.30 per troy ounce on 19 December 2001. That is $0.11 lower than the previous close of $4.41, a move of -2.54%.
The silver price fell on 19 December 2001, losing $0.11 (2.54%) against the previous session's close of $4.41.
At $4.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 19 December 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.0 on 19 December 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 December 2001, silver was around $4.06 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.30 is a gain of 6.1% over the month.
It closed 13.99% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.