Distance from the record
This close sat 14.38% 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 23 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.71 per troy ounce on 23 October 2009, up $0.181 (1.03%) from the previous close of $17.53.
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 14.38% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.500, making this a +86.43% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.71 per troy ounce on 23 October 2009. That is $0.18 higher than the previous close of $17.53, a move of 1.03%.
The silver price rose on 23 October 2009, gaining $0.18 (1.03%) against the previous session's close of $17.53.
At $17.71 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 23 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.6 on 23 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 23 October 2009, silver was around $9.50 per troy ounce. The close of $17.71 therefore represents a rise of 86.4% over twelve months.
It closed 14.38% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.