Distance from the record
This close sat 18.36% 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 September 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.89 per troy ounce on 23 September 2009, down $0.205 (1.20%) from the previous close of $17.09.
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 18.36% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.12, making this a +28.72% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.89 per troy ounce on 23 September 2009. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $17.09, a move of -1.20%.
The silver price fell on 23 September 2009, losing $0.20 (1.20%) against the previous session's close of $17.09.
At $16.89 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 23 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.0 on 23 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 23 September 2009, silver was around $17.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.89 is a loss of 3.0% over the week.
A month before 23 September 2009, silver was around $14.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.89 is a gain of 19.3% over the month.
A year before 23 September 2009, silver was around $13.12 per troy ounce. The close of $16.89 therefore represents a rise of 28.7% over twelve months.
It closed 18.36% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.