Distance from the record
This close sat 20.08% 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 27 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 5 October 2009
Silver closed at $16.53 per troy ounce on 27 October 2009, down $0.553 (3.24%) from the previous close of $17.08.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.24% 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 20.08% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.195, making this a +79.78% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.53 per troy ounce on 27 October 2009. That is $0.55 lower than the previous close of $17.08, a move of -3.24%.
The silver price fell on 27 October 2009, losing $0.55 (3.24%) against the previous session's close of $17.08.
At $16.53 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 27 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.6 on 27 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 October 2009, silver was around $17.54 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.53 is a loss of 5.8% over the week.
A year before 27 October 2009, silver was around $9.19 per troy ounce. The close of $16.53 therefore represents a rise of 79.8% over twelve months.
It closed 20.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.