Distance from the record
This close sat 16.98% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 10 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.17 per troy ounce on 10 December 2009, up $0.015 (0.09%) from the previous close of $17.16.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.09% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 16.98% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $10.16, making this a +68.94% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.17 per troy ounce on 10 December 2009. That is $0.01 higher than the previous close of $17.16, a move of 0.09%.
The silver price rose on 10 December 2009, gaining $0.01 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $17.16.
At $17.17 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 10 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 10 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 10 December 2009, silver was around $19.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.17 is a loss of 10.1% over the week.
A year before 10 December 2009, silver was around $10.16 per troy ounce. The close of $17.17 therefore represents a rise of 68.9% over twelve months.
It closed 16.98% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.