Distance from the record
This close sat 7.65% 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 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $19.10 per troy ounce on 3 December 2009, down $0.193 (1.00%) from the previous close of $19.30.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 7.65% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 2 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.564, making this a +99.73% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.10 per troy ounce on 3 December 2009. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $19.30, a move of -1.00%.
The silver price fell on 3 December 2009, losing $0.19 (1.00%) against the previous session's close of $19.30.
At $19.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.61 on 3 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.7 on 3 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 December 2009, silver was around $17.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.10 is a gain of 11.2% over the month.
A year before 3 December 2009, silver was around $9.56 per troy ounce. The close of $19.10 therefore represents a rise of 99.7% over twelve months.
It closed 7.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.