Distance from the record
This close sat 43.03% 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 17 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 22 January 2009
Silver closed at $11.78 per troy ounce on 17 April 2009, down $0.465 (3.80%) from the previous close of $12.25.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.80% 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 43.03% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.29, making this a -35.56% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $11.78 per troy ounce on 17 April 2009. That is $0.47 lower than the previous close of $12.25, a move of -3.80%.
The silver price fell on 17 April 2009, losing $0.47 (3.80%) against the previous session's close of $12.25.
At $11.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.38 on 17 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.6 on 17 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 April 2009, silver was around $12.32 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.78 is a loss of 4.4% over the week.
A month before 17 April 2009, silver was around $12.69 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.78 is a loss of 7.1% over the month.
A year before 17 April 2009, silver was around $18.29 per troy ounce. The close of $11.78 therefore represents a fall of 35.6% over twelve months.
It closed 43.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.