Distance from the record
This close sat 14.73% 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 24 January 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.266 per troy ounce on 24 January 2002, up $0.013 (0.31%) from the previous close of $4.253.
This close sat 14.73% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 245 of 248 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.768, making this a -10.53% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.27 per troy ounce on 24 January 2002. That is $0.01 higher than the previous close of $4.25, a move of 0.31%.
The silver price rose on 24 January 2002, gaining $0.01 (0.31%) against the previous session's close of $4.25.
At $4.27 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 24 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.2 on 24 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 January 2002, silver was around $4.44 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.27 is a loss of 3.9% over the week.
It closed 14.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.