Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.61 per troy ounce on 19 October 2009, up $0.205 (1.18%) from the previous close of $17.41.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 14.87% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.310, making this a +89.15% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.61 per troy ounce on 19 October 2009. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $17.41, a move of 1.18%.
The silver price rose on 19 October 2009, gaining $0.20 (1.18%) against the previous session's close of $17.41.
At $17.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 19 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.0 on 19 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 19 October 2009, silver was around $9.31 per troy ounce. The close of $17.61 therefore represents a rise of 89.2% over twelve months.
It closed 14.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.