Distance from the record
This close sat 9.41% 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 30 April 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 19 April 2002
Silver closed at $4.532 per troy ounce on 30 April 2002, down $0.104 (2.24%) from the previous close of $4.636.
Silver lost 2.24% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 9.41% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.320, making this a +4.91% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.53 per troy ounce on 30 April 2002. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $4.64, a move of -2.24%.
The silver price fell on 30 April 2002, losing $0.10 (2.24%) against the previous session's close of $4.64.
At $4.53 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 30 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.2 on 30 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 9.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.