Distance from the record
This close sat 6.61% 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 23 January 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.775 per troy ounce on 23 January 2003, down $0.061 (1.26%) from the previous close of $4.836.
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 close sat 6.61% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.253, making this a +12.27% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.78 per troy ounce on 23 January 2003. That is $0.06 lower than the previous close of $4.84, a move of -1.26%.
The silver price fell on 23 January 2003, losing $0.06 (1.26%) against the previous session's close of $4.84.
At $4.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 23 January 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.3 on 23 January 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 23 January 2003, silver was around $4.25 per troy ounce. The close of $4.78 therefore represents a rise of 12.3% over twelve months.
It closed 6.61% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.