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 5 January 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $11.24 per troy ounce on 5 January 2009, down $0.220 (1.92%) from the previous close of $11.47.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 45.64% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 241 of 249 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.35, making this a -26.72% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $11.24 per troy ounce on 5 January 2009. That is $0.22 lower than the previous close of $11.47, a move of -1.92%.
The silver price fell on 5 January 2009, losing $0.22 (1.92%) against the previous session's close of $11.47.
At $11.24 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.36 on 5 January 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.2 on 5 January 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 January 2009, silver was around $10.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.24 is a gain of 4.3% over the week.
A month before 5 January 2009, silver was around $9.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.24 is a gain of 19.6% over the month.
A year before 5 January 2009, silver was around $15.35 per troy ounce. The close of $11.24 therefore represents a fall of 26.7% over twelve months.
It closed 45.64% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.