Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 16 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.68 per troy ounce on 16 December 2009, up $0.238 (1.36%) from the previous close of $17.44.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 14.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $10.67, making this a +65.63% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.68 per troy ounce on 16 December 2009. That is $0.24 higher than the previous close of $17.44, a move of 1.36%.
The silver price rose on 16 December 2009, gaining $0.24 (1.36%) against the previous session's close of $17.44.
At $17.68 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 16 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.2 on 16 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 December 2009, silver was around $17.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.68 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A year before 16 December 2009, silver was around $10.67 per troy ounce. The close of $17.68 therefore represents a rise of 65.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 14.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.