Distance from the record
This close sat 15.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 October 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 4 February 2002
Silver closed at $4.338 per troy ounce on 9 October 2002, down $0.023 (0.53%) from the previous close of $4.361.
This close extended a run of 3 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 15.16% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.530, making this a -4.24% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.34 per troy ounce on 9 October 2002. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $4.36, a move of -0.53%.
The silver price fell on 9 October 2002, losing $0.02 (0.53%) against the previous session's close of $4.36.
At $4.34 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.14 on 9 October 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.7 on 9 October 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 October 2002, silver was around $4.47 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.34 is a loss of 3.0% over the week.
A month before 9 October 2002, silver was around $4.58 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.34 is a loss of 5.3% over the month.
This close was session 3 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 15.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.