Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 November 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 23 October 2009
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 5 November 2009, up $0.005 (0.03%) from the previous close of $17.40.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 15.88% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $10.45, making this a +66.43% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 5 November 2009. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $17.40, a move of 0.03%.
The silver price rose on 5 November 2009, gaining $0.00 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $17.40.
At $17.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 5 November 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.6 on 5 November 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 November 2009, silver was around $16.65 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.40 is a gain of 4.5% over the week.
A month before 5 November 2009, silver was around $16.51 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.40 is a gain of 5.4% over the month.
A year before 5 November 2009, silver was around $10.45 per troy ounce. The close of $17.40 therefore represents a rise of 66.4% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 15.88% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.