Distance from the record
This close sat 40.78% 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 16 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 4.3% in a single session
Silver closed at $12.25 per troy ounce on 16 April 2009, down $0.545 (4.26%) from the previous close of $12.80.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.26% 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 40.78% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.31, making this a -33.08% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.25 per troy ounce on 16 April 2009. That is $0.55 lower than the previous close of $12.80, a move of -4.26%.
The silver price fell on 16 April 2009, losing $0.55 (4.26%) against the previous session's close of $12.80.
At $12.25 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.39 on 16 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.8 on 16 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 16 April 2009, silver was around $12.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.25 is a loss of 5.1% over the month.
A year before 16 April 2009, silver was around $18.31 per troy ounce. The close of $12.25 therefore represents a fall of 33.1% over twelve months.
It closed 40.78% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.