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Highest closing price since 1 July 2008
Silver closed at $15.60 per troy ounce on 1 May 2009, up $3.295 (26.78%) from the previous close of $12.31.
Notable session: one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.83, making this a -7.29% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $15.60 per troy ounce on 1 May 2009. That is $3.30 higher than the previous close of $12.31, a move of 26.78%.
The silver price rose on 1 May 2009, gaining $3.30 (26.78%) against the previous session's close of $12.31.
At $15.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.50 on 1 May 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.7 on 1 May 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 May 2009, silver was around $12.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.60 is a gain of 26.8% over the week.
A month before 1 May 2009, silver was around $12.31 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.60 is a gain of 26.8% over the month.
A year before 1 May 2009, silver was around $16.83 per troy ounce. The close of $15.60 therefore represents a fall of 7.3% over twelve months.