Distance from the record
This close sat 37.27% 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 31 March 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 18 March 2009
Silver closed at $12.98 per troy ounce on 31 March 2009, down $0.048 (0.37%) from the previous close of $13.02.
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 37.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.27, making this a -24.89% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.98 per troy ounce on 31 March 2009. That is $0.05 lower than the previous close of $13.02, a move of -0.37%.
The silver price fell on 31 March 2009, losing $0.05 (0.37%) against the previous session's close of $13.02.
At $12.98 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.42 on 31 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.1 on 31 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 31 March 2009, silver was around $13.34 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.98 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
A year before 31 March 2009, silver was around $17.27 per troy ounce. The close of $12.98 therefore represents a fall of 24.9% 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 37.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.