Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 3 January 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 8 October 2001
Silver closed at $4.599 per troy ounce on 3 January 2002, up $0.073 (1.61%) from the previous close of $4.526.
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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 8.08% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.490, making this a +2.43% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.60 per troy ounce on 3 January 2002. That is $0.07 higher than the previous close of $4.53, a move of 1.61%.
The silver price rose on 3 January 2002, gaining $0.07 (1.61%) against the previous session's close of $4.53.
At $4.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 3 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.5 on 3 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 January 2002, silver was around $4.46 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.60 is a gain of 3.1% over the week.
A month before 3 January 2002, silver was around $4.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.60 is a gain of 9.5% over the month.
It closed 8.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.