Distance from the record
This close sat 15.86% 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 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.41 per troy ounce on 16 October 2009, up $0.005 (0.03%) from the previous close of $17.40.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.03% 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 15.86% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.607, making this a +81.17% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.41 per troy ounce on 16 October 2009. That is $0.01 higher than the previous close of $17.40, a move of 0.03%.
The silver price rose on 16 October 2009, gaining $0.01 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $17.40.
At $17.41 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 16 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.4 on 16 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.4 ounces of silver.
A year before 16 October 2009, silver was around $9.61 per troy ounce. The close of $17.41 therefore represents a rise of 81.2% over twelve months.
It closed 15.86% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.