Distance from the record
This close sat 8.85% 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 8 February 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 11 January 2001
Silver closed at $4.560 per troy ounce on 8 February 2001, down $0.051 (1.11%) from the previous close of $4.611.
This close extended a run of 8 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 8.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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Silver closed at $4.56 per troy ounce on 8 February 2001. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $4.61, a move of -1.11%.
The silver price fell on 8 February 2001, losing $0.05 (1.11%) against the previous session's close of $4.61.
At $4.56 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 8 February 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.0 on 8 February 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 February 2001, silver was around $4.79 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.56 is a loss of 4.8% over the week.
This close was session 8 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 8.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.