Distance from the record
This close sat 21.64% 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 2 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.21 per troy ounce on 2 October 2009, down $0.038 (0.23%) from the previous close of $16.25.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 21.64% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $11.06, making this a +46.48% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $16.21 per troy ounce on 2 October 2009. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $16.25, a move of -0.23%.
The silver price fell on 2 October 2009, losing $0.04 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $16.25.
At $16.21 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 2 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.9 on 2 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 October 2009, silver was around $11.06 per troy ounce. The close of $16.21 therefore represents a rise of 46.5% over twelve months.
It closed 21.64% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.