Silver ranged between $4.128 and $4.791 per troy ounce during 2001, averaging $4.396 across 10 trading days. It finished the period at $4.579, down 0.13% from $4.585.
The strongest session of 2001 was 1 September 2001 at +11.65%, and the weakest 1 October 2001 at -9.32%.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.585, making this a -0.13% move year on year.
| Date | Close (USD/oz) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2001 | $4.791 | +$0.206 |
| 1 February 2001 | $4.472 | −$0.319 |
| 1 March 2001 | $4.278 | −$0.194 |
| 1 May 2001 | $4.396 | +$0.118 |
| 1 June 2001 | $4.292 | −$0.104 |
| 1 August 2001 | $4.162 | −$0.130 |
| 1 September 2001 | $4.647 | +$0.485 |
| 1 October 2001 | $4.214 | −$0.433 |
| 1 November 2001 | $4.128 | −$0.086 |
| 1 December 2001 | $4.579 | +$0.451 |
Source: Yahoo Finance (COMEX futures). Figures are indicative reference prices, not trading quotes.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver finished 2001 at $4.58 per troy ounce, having fallen $0.01 (0.13%) over the year. It has traded between $4.13 and $4.79 across 10 trading days.
The average silver closing price in 2001 was $4.40 per troy ounce, calculated across all 10 trading days in the year.
Silver reached its highest close of 2001 at $4.79 per troy ounce on 1 January 2001.
The lowest silver close in 2001 was $4.13 per troy ounce on 1 November 2001.
Silver fell during 2001. It entered the year at $4.59 and closed at $4.58, a change of -0.13%.
Silver closed higher on 4 sessions and lower on 6 during 2001. The strongest session was 1 September 2001 (+11.65%) and the weakest 1 October 2001 (-9.32%).
Daily closes in 2001 varied with a standard deviation of 7.08% per session, and the peak-to-trough spread across the year was 16.1% ($4.13 to $4.79).
At the 2001 close of $4.58 per troy ounce, silver worked out at about $0.15 per gram and $147.22 per kilogram. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio averaged about 62.1 through 2001 and finished the year near 60.9. A higher ratio means silver is cheap relative to gold.
Silver was around $4.59 per troy ounce twelve months before the end of 2001. Closing at $4.58 makes that a decline of 0.1% year on year.