Distance from the record
This close sat 15.25% 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 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.53 per troy ounce on 22 October 2009, down $0.280 (1.57%) from the previous close of $17.81.
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 close sat 15.25% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.452, making this a +85.46% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.53 per troy ounce on 22 October 2009. That is $0.28 lower than the previous close of $17.81, a move of -1.57%.
The silver price fell on 22 October 2009, losing $0.28 (1.57%) against the previous session's close of $17.81.
At $17.53 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 22 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.3 on 22 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 22 October 2009, silver was around $9.45 per troy ounce. The close of $17.53 therefore represents a rise of 85.5% over twelve months.
It closed 15.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.