Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 24 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 2 April 2009
Silver closed at $12.91 per troy ounce on 24 April 2009, up $0.165 (1.29%) from the previous close of $12.75.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. 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 37.56% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.65, making this a -22.44% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.91 per troy ounce on 24 April 2009. That is $0.16 higher than the previous close of $12.75, a move of 1.29%.
The silver price rose on 24 April 2009, gaining $0.16 (1.29%) against the previous session's close of $12.75.
At $12.91 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.42 on 24 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.7 on 24 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 April 2009, silver was around $11.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.91 is a gain of 9.6% over the week.
A year before 24 April 2009, silver was around $16.65 per troy ounce. The close of $12.91 therefore represents a fall of 22.4% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 37.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.