Distance from the record
This close sat 38.48% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 3 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 18 March 2009
Silver closed at $12.73 per troy ounce on 3 April 2009, down $0.290 (2.23%) from the previous close of $13.02.
Silver lost 2.23% 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 38.48% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.45, making this a -27.06% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.73 per troy ounce on 3 April 2009. That is $0.29 lower than the previous close of $13.02, a move of -2.23%.
The silver price fell on 3 April 2009, losing $0.29 (2.23%) against the previous session's close of $13.02.
At $12.73 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.41 on 3 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.4 on 3 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 April 2009, silver was around $13.25 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.73 is a loss of 4.0% over the week.
A year before 3 April 2009, silver was around $17.45 per troy ounce. The close of $12.73 therefore represents a fall of 27.1% over twelve months.
It closed 38.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.