Distance from the record
This close sat 37.64% 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 March 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.90 per troy ounce on 4 March 2009, up $0.205 (1.61%) from the previous close of $12.69.
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 37.64% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $19.74, making this a -34.64% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.90 per troy ounce on 4 March 2009. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $12.69, a move of 1.61%.
The silver price rose on 4 March 2009, gaining $0.20 (1.61%) against the previous session's close of $12.69.
At $12.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.41 on 4 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.2 on 4 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 March 2009, silver was around $13.87 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.90 is a loss of 7.0% over the week.
A year before 4 March 2009, silver was around $19.74 per troy ounce. The close of $12.90 therefore represents a fall of 34.6% over twelve months.
It closed 37.64% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.