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 7 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.20 per troy ounce on 7 April 2009, up $0.100 (0.83%) from the previous close of $12.10.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 41.00% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.09, making this a -32.52% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.20 per troy ounce on 7 April 2009. That is $0.10 higher than the previous close of $12.10, a move of 0.83%.
The silver price rose on 7 April 2009, gaining $0.10 (0.83%) against the previous session's close of $12.10.
At $12.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.39 on 7 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.3 on 7 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 7 April 2009, silver was around $12.98 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.20 is a loss of 5.9% over the week.
A month before 7 April 2009, silver was around $13.32 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.20 is a loss of 8.4% over the month.
A year before 7 April 2009, silver was around $18.09 per troy ounce. The close of $12.20 therefore represents a fall of 32.5% over twelve months.
It closed 41.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.