Distance from the record
This close sat 7.92% 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 3 October 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.607 per troy ounce on 3 October 2001, down $0.015 (0.32%) from the previous close of $4.622.
This close sat 7.92% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.913, making this a -6.23% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.61 per troy ounce on 3 October 2001. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $4.62, a move of -0.32%.
The silver price fell on 3 October 2001, losing $0.02 (0.32%) against the previous session's close of $4.62.
At $4.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 3 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.1 on 3 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 October 2001, silver was around $4.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.61 is a gain of 10.7% over the month.
It closed 7.92% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.