Distance from the record
This close sat 10.21% 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 March 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.492 per troy ounce on 8 March 2002, up $0.026 (0.58%) from the previous close of $4.466.
This close sat 10.21% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.476, making this a +0.36% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.49 per troy ounce on 8 March 2002. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $4.47, a move of 0.58%.
The silver price rose on 8 March 2002, gaining $0.03 (0.58%) against the previous session's close of $4.47.
At $4.49 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 8 March 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.6 on 8 March 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 March 2002, silver was around $4.64 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.49 is a loss of 3.2% over the week.
It closed 10.21% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.