Distance from the record
This close sat 16.93% 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 August 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 20 August 2001
Silver closed at $4.156 per troy ounce on 30 August 2001, down $0.026 (0.62%) from the previous close of $4.182.
This close sat 16.93% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.930, making this a -15.70% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.16 per troy ounce on 30 August 2001. That is $0.03 lower than the previous close of $4.18, a move of -0.62%.
The silver price fell on 30 August 2001, losing $0.03 (0.62%) against the previous session's close of $4.18.
At $4.16 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.13 on 30 August 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.3 on 30 August 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 30 August 2001, silver was around $4.93 per troy ounce. The close of $4.16 therefore represents a fall of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 16.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.