Distance from the record
This close sat 39.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 10 March 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 4 February 2009
Silver closed at $12.56 per troy ounce on 10 March 2009, down $0.390 (3.01%) from the previous close of $12.95.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.01% 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 39.28% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.70, making this a -36.24% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.56 per troy ounce on 10 March 2009. That is $0.39 lower than the previous close of $12.95, a move of -3.01%.
The silver price fell on 10 March 2009, losing $0.39 (3.01%) against the previous session's close of $12.95.
At $12.56 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.40 on 10 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.3 on 10 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 10 March 2009, silver was around $19.70 per troy ounce. The close of $12.56 therefore represents a fall of 36.2% over twelve months.
It closed 39.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.