Distance from the record
This close sat 13.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 30 August 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.437 per troy ounce on 30 August 2002, down $0.090 (1.99%) from the previous close of $4.527.
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.
This close sat 13.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.156, making this a +6.76% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.44 per troy ounce on 30 August 2002. That is $0.09 lower than the previous close of $4.53, a move of -1.99%.
The silver price fell on 30 August 2002, losing $0.09 (1.99%) against the previous session's close of $4.53.
At $4.44 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 30 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.4 on 30 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.