Distance from the record
This close sat 40.56% 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 3 February 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.30 per troy ounce on 3 February 2009, down $0.115 (0.93%) from the previous close of $12.41.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 40.56% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.95, making this a -27.45% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.30 per troy ounce on 3 February 2009. That is $0.11 lower than the previous close of $12.41, a move of -0.93%.
The silver price fell on 3 February 2009, losing $0.11 (0.93%) against the previous session's close of $12.41.
At $12.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.40 on 3 February 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.5 on 3 February 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 February 2009, silver was around $11.47 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.30 is a gain of 7.2% over the month.
A year before 3 February 2009, silver was around $16.95 per troy ounce. The close of $12.30 therefore represents a fall of 27.5% over twelve months.
It closed 40.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.