Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 6 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 18 March 2009
Silver closed at $12.10 per troy ounce on 6 April 2009, down $0.620 (4.87%) from the previous close of $12.73.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.87% 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 41.48% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.72, making this a -31.70% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.10 per troy ounce on 6 April 2009. That is $0.62 lower than the previous close of $12.73, a move of -4.87%.
The silver price fell on 6 April 2009, losing $0.62 (4.87%) against the previous session's close of $12.73.
At $12.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.39 on 6 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.0 on 6 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 April 2009, silver was around $13.02 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.10 is a loss of 7.0% over the week.
A month before 6 April 2009, silver was around $13.32 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.10 is a loss of 9.1% over the month.
A year before 6 April 2009, silver was around $17.72 per troy ounce. The close of $12.10 therefore represents a fall of 31.7% over twelve months.
It closed 41.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.