Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 May 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 16.1% in a single session
Silver closed at $13.09 per troy ounce on 4 May 2009, down $2.507 (16.07%) from the previous close of $15.60.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 16.07% 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 36.70% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.38, making this a -20.07% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $13.09 per troy ounce on 4 May 2009. That is $2.51 lower than the previous close of $15.60, a move of -16.07%.
The silver price fell on 4 May 2009, losing $2.51 (16.07%) against the previous session's close of $15.60.
At $13.09 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.42 on 4 May 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.9 on 4 May 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 4 May 2009, silver was around $16.38 per troy ounce. The close of $13.09 therefore represents a fall of 20.1% over twelve months.
It closed 36.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.