Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 August 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.630 per troy ounce on 5 August 2002, up $0.040 (0.87%) from the previous close of $4.590.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 9.45% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.213, making this a +9.90% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.63 per troy ounce on 5 August 2002. That is $0.04 higher than the previous close of $4.59, a move of 0.87%.
The silver price rose on 5 August 2002, gaining $0.04 (0.87%) against the previous session's close of $4.59.
At $4.63 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 5 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.5 on 5 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 August 2002, silver was around $4.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.63 is a loss of 6.2% over the month.
It closed 9.45% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.