Distance from the record
This close sat 17.74% 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 22 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 December 2009
Silver closed at $17.01 per troy ounce on 22 December 2009, down $0.005 (0.03%) from the previous close of $17.02.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 17.74% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $10.83, making this a +57.12% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.01 per troy ounce on 22 December 2009. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $17.02, a move of -0.03%.
The silver price fell on 22 December 2009, losing $0.01 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $17.02.
At $17.01 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 22 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.8 on 22 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 December 2009, silver was around $17.44 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.01 is a loss of 2.4% over the week.
A month before 22 December 2009, silver was around $18.43 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.01 is a loss of 7.7% over the month.
A year before 22 December 2009, silver was around $10.83 per troy ounce. The close of $17.01 therefore represents a rise of 57.1% over twelve months.
It closed 17.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.