Distance from the record
This close sat 7.76% 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 9 May 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.615 per troy ounce on 9 May 2002, up $0.043 (0.94%) from the previous close of $4.572.
This close sat 7.76% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.386, making this a +5.22% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.61 per troy ounce on 9 May 2002. That is $0.04 higher than the previous close of $4.57, a move of 0.94%.
The silver price rose on 9 May 2002, gaining $0.04 (0.94%) against the previous session's close of $4.57.
At $4.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 9 May 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.1 on 9 May 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.