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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 October 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.51 per troy ounce on 5 October 2009, up $0.305 (1.88%) from the previous close of $16.21.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 20.17% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $11.27, making this a +46.52% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $16.51 per troy ounce on 5 October 2009. That is $0.31 higher than the previous close of $16.21, a move of 1.88%.
The silver price rose on 5 October 2009, gaining $0.31 (1.88%) against the previous session's close of $16.21.
At $16.51 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 5 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.6 on 5 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 October 2009, silver was around $16.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.51 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
A year before 5 October 2009, silver was around $11.27 per troy ounce. The close of $16.51 therefore represents a rise of 46.5% over twelve months.
It closed 20.17% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.