Distance from the record
This close sat 21.38% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 September 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.26 per troy ounce on 4 September 2009, down $0.005 (0.03%) from the previous close of $16.27.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 21.38% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.86, making this a +26.50% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.26 per troy ounce on 4 September 2009. That is $0.00 lower than the previous close of $16.27, a move of -0.03%.
The silver price fell on 4 September 2009, losing $0.00 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $16.27.
At $16.26 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 4 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.2 on 4 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 September 2009, silver was around $14.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.26 is a gain of 10.0% over the week.
A month before 4 September 2009, silver was around $14.69 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.26 is a gain of 10.7% over the month.
A year before 4 September 2009, silver was around $12.86 per troy ounce. The close of $16.26 therefore represents a rise of 26.5% over twelve months.
It closed 21.38% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.