Distance from the record
This close sat 9.85% 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 20 September 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 4.4% in a single session
Silver closed at $4.510 per troy ounce on 20 September 2001, down $0.208 (4.41%) from the previous close of $4.718.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.41% 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 9.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.830, making this a -6.63% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.51 per troy ounce on 20 September 2001. That is $0.21 lower than the previous close of $4.72, a move of -4.41%.
The silver price fell on 20 September 2001, losing $0.21 (4.41%) against the previous session's close of $4.72.
At $4.51 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 20 September 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.1 on 20 September 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 September 2001, silver was around $4.18 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.51 is a gain of 8.0% over the week.
A month before 20 September 2001, silver was around $4.14 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.51 is a gain of 8.8% over the month.
It closed 9.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.