Distance from the record
This close sat 40.08% 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 28 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 4.3% in a single session
Silver closed at $12.40 per troy ounce on 28 April 2009, down $0.555 (4.29%) from the previous close of $12.95.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.29% 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 40.08% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.01, making this a -27.14% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.40 per troy ounce on 28 April 2009. That is $0.55 lower than the previous close of $12.95, a move of -4.29%.
The silver price fell on 28 April 2009, losing $0.55 (4.29%) against the previous session's close of $12.95.
At $12.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.40 on 28 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.0 on 28 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 28 April 2009, silver was around $12.06 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.40 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 28 April 2009, silver was around $13.25 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.40 is a loss of 6.5% over the month.
A year before 28 April 2009, silver was around $17.01 per troy ounce. The close of $12.40 therefore represents a fall of 27.1% over twelve months.
It closed 40.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.