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 6 January 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $11.42 per troy ounce on 6 January 2009, up $0.175 (1.56%) from the previous close of $11.24.
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 44.79% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $15.35, making this a -25.58% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $11.42 per troy ounce on 6 January 2009. That is $0.18 higher than the previous close of $11.24, a move of 1.56%.
The silver price rose on 6 January 2009, gaining $0.18 (1.56%) against the previous session's close of $11.24.
At $11.42 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.37 on 6 January 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.8 on 6 January 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 January 2009, silver was around $10.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.42 is a gain of 4.2% over the week.
A month before 6 January 2009, silver was around $9.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.42 is a gain of 21.5% over the month.
A year before 6 January 2009, silver was around $15.35 per troy ounce. The close of $11.42 therefore represents a fall of 25.6% over twelve months.
It closed 44.79% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.