Distance from the record
This close sat 9.45% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 October 2001, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 25 September 2001
Silver closed at $4.530 per troy ounce on 9 October 2001, down $0.120 (2.58%) from the previous close of $4.650.
Silver lost 2.58% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 9.45% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.885, making this a -7.27% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.53 per troy ounce on 9 October 2001. That is $0.12 lower than the previous close of $4.65, a move of -2.58%.
The silver price fell on 9 October 2001, losing $0.12 (2.58%) against the previous session's close of $4.65.
At $4.53 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 9 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.8 on 9 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 October 2001, silver was around $4.14 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.53 is a gain of 9.3% over the month.
It closed 9.45% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.