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 October 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 19 September 2001
Silver closed at $4.665 per troy ounce on 5 October 2001, up $0.028 (0.60%) from the previous close of $4.637.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.889, making this a -4.58% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.66 per troy ounce on 5 October 2001. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $4.64, a move of 0.60%.
The silver price rose on 5 October 2001, gaining $0.03 (0.60%) against the previous session's close of $4.64.
At $4.66 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 5 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.5 on 5 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 October 2001, silver was around $4.15 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.66 is a gain of 12.4% over the month.
It closed 6.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.