Distance from the record
This close sat 25.67% 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 5 June 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.2% in a single session
Silver closed at $15.38 per troy ounce on 5 June 2009, down $0.507 (3.19%) from the previous close of $15.88.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.19% 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 25.67% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.14, making this a -10.28% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $15.38 per troy ounce on 5 June 2009. That is $0.51 lower than the previous close of $15.88, a move of -3.19%.
The silver price fell on 5 June 2009, losing $0.51 (3.19%) against the previous session's close of $15.88.
At $15.38 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.49 on 5 June 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.5 on 5 June 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 June 2009, silver was around $13.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $15.38 is a gain of 14.7% over the month.
It closed 25.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.