Distance from the record
This close sat 13.96% 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 October 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.399 per troy ounce on 23 October 2002, down $0.005 (0.11%) from the previous close of $4.404.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.11% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 13.96% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.228, making this a +4.04% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.40 per troy ounce on 23 October 2002. That is $0.00 lower than the previous close of $4.40, a move of -0.11%.
The silver price fell on 23 October 2002, losing $0.00 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $4.40.
At $4.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 23 October 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.9 on 23 October 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.