Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 January 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 8 October 2001
Silver closed at $4.642 per troy ounce on 4 January 2002, up $0.043 (0.93%) from the previous close of $4.599.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 7.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.532, making this a +2.43% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.64 per troy ounce on 4 January 2002. That is $0.04 higher than the previous close of $4.60, a move of 0.93%.
The silver price rose on 4 January 2002, gaining $0.04 (0.93%) against the previous session's close of $4.60.
At $4.64 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 4 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.1 on 4 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 January 2002, silver was around $4.49 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.64 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
A month before 4 January 2002, silver was around $4.13 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.64 is a gain of 12.5% over the month.
It closed 7.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.