Distance from the record
This close sat 8.72% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 August 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.667 per troy ounce on 9 August 2002, up $0.032 (0.69%) from the previous close of $4.635.
This close sat 8.72% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.205, making this a +10.99% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.67 per troy ounce on 9 August 2002. That is $0.03 higher than the previous close of $4.64, a move of 0.69%.
The silver price rose on 9 August 2002, gaining $0.03 (0.69%) against the previous session's close of $4.64.
At $4.67 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 9 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.3 on 9 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 August 2002, silver was around $5.04 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.67 is a loss of 7.4% over the month.
It closed 8.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.