Distance from the record
This close sat 10.58% 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 4 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.2% in a single session
Silver closed at $18.50 per troy ounce on 4 December 2009, down $0.606 (3.17%) from the previous close of $19.10.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.17% 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 10.58% 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 5 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.491, making this a +94.88% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.50 per troy ounce on 4 December 2009. That is $0.61 lower than the previous close of $19.10, a move of -3.17%.
The silver price fell on 4 December 2009, losing $0.61 (3.17%) against the previous session's close of $19.10.
At $18.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.59 on 4 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.2 on 4 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 4 December 2009, silver was around $17.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.50 is a gain of 6.3% over the month.
A year before 4 December 2009, silver was around $9.49 per troy ounce. The close of $18.50 therefore represents a rise of 94.9% over twelve months.
It closed 10.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.