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 21 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 December 2009
Silver closed at $17.02 per troy ounce on 21 December 2009, down $0.285 (1.65%) from the previous close of $17.31.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 17.72% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $10.82, making this a +57.32% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.02 per troy ounce on 21 December 2009. That is $0.28 lower than the previous close of $17.31, a move of -1.65%.
The silver price fell on 21 December 2009, losing $0.28 (1.65%) against the previous session's close of $17.31.
At $17.02 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 21 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 21 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 December 2009, silver was around $18.43 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.02 is a loss of 7.7% over the month.
A year before 21 December 2009, silver was around $10.82 per troy ounce. The close of $17.02 therefore represents a rise of 57.3% over twelve months.
It closed 17.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.