Distance from the record
This close sat 16.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 December 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.176 per troy ounce on 5 December 2001, up $0.048 (1.16%) from the previous close of $4.128.
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 16.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.704, making this a -11.22% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.18 per troy ounce on 5 December 2001. That is $0.05 higher than the previous close of $4.13, a move of 1.16%.
The silver price rose on 5 December 2001, gaining $0.05 (1.16%) against the previous session's close of $4.13.
At $4.18 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.13 on 5 December 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.5 on 5 December 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 16.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.