Distance from the record
This close sat 35.49% 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 24 March 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.7% in a single session
Silver closed at $13.34 per troy ounce on 24 March 2009, down $0.518 (3.74%) from the previous close of $13.86.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.74% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 35.49% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.07, making this a -21.81% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.34 per troy ounce on 24 March 2009. That is $0.52 lower than the previous close of $13.86, a move of -3.74%.
The silver price fell on 24 March 2009, losing $0.52 (3.74%) against the previous session's close of $13.86.
At $13.34 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.43 on 24 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.2 on 24 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 March 2009, silver was around $12.69 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.34 is a gain of 5.2% over the week.
A year before 24 March 2009, silver was around $17.07 per troy ounce. The close of $13.34 therefore represents a fall of 21.8% over twelve months.
It closed 35.49% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.