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 7 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $18.34 per troy ounce on 7 December 2009, down $0.160 (0.87%) from the previous close of $18.50.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 11.36% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.401, making this a +95.04% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.34 per troy ounce on 7 December 2009. That is $0.16 lower than the previous close of $18.50, a move of -0.87%.
The silver price fell on 7 December 2009, losing $0.16 (0.87%) against the previous session's close of $18.50.
At $18.34 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.59 on 7 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.4 on 7 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 7 December 2009, silver was around $17.36 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.34 is a gain of 5.6% over the month.
A year before 7 December 2009, silver was around $9.40 per troy ounce. The close of $18.34 therefore represents a rise of 95.0% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 11.36% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.