Distance from the record
This close sat 15.73% 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 31 January 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 5 December 2001
Silver closed at $4.216 per troy ounce on 31 January 2002, down $0.070 (1.63%) from the previous close of $4.286.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; lowest close of the month.
This close sat 15.73% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 248 of 248 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.791, making this a -12.00% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.22 per troy ounce on 31 January 2002. That is $0.07 lower than the previous close of $4.29, a move of -1.63%.
The silver price fell on 31 January 2002, losing $0.07 (1.63%) against the previous session's close of $4.29.
At $4.22 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 31 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 31 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 31 January 2002, silver was around $4.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.22 is a loss of 7.9% over the month.
A year before 31 January 2002, silver was around $4.79 per troy ounce. The close of $4.22 therefore represents a fall of 12.0% over twelve months.
It closed 15.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.