Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 21 September 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.86 per troy ounce on 21 September 2009, down $0.185 (1.09%) from the previous close of $17.04.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 18.50% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.43, making this a +35.68% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.86 per troy ounce on 21 September 2009. That is $0.18 lower than the previous close of $17.04, a move of -1.09%.
The silver price fell on 21 September 2009, losing $0.18 (1.09%) against the previous session's close of $17.04.
At $16.86 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 21 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.5 on 21 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 September 2009, silver was around $14.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.86 is a gain of 19.1% over the month.
A year before 21 September 2009, silver was around $12.43 per troy ounce. The close of $16.86 therefore represents a rise of 35.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 18.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.