Distance from the record
This close sat 21.53% 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 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 2 October 2009
Silver closed at $16.23 per troy ounce on 28 October 2009, down $0.300 (1.81%) from the previous close of $16.53.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 21.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $8.790, making this a +84.65% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.23 per troy ounce on 28 October 2009. That is $0.30 lower than the previous close of $16.53, a move of -1.81%.
The silver price fell on 28 October 2009, losing $0.30 (1.81%) against the previous session's close of $16.53.
At $16.23 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 28 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.5 on 28 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 28 October 2009, silver was around $17.81 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.23 is a loss of 8.9% over the week.
A year before 28 October 2009, silver was around $8.79 per troy ounce. The close of $16.23 therefore represents a rise of 84.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 21.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.