Distance from the record
This close sat 14.02% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.0% in a single session
Silver closed at $17.78 per troy ounce on 8 December 2009, down $0.551 (3.01%) from the previous close of $18.34.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.01% 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 close sat 14.02% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.940, making this a +78.92% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.78 per troy ounce on 8 December 2009. That is $0.55 lower than the previous close of $18.34, a move of -3.01%.
The silver price fell on 8 December 2009, losing $0.55 (3.01%) against the previous session's close of $18.34.
At $17.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 8 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.3 on 8 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 December 2009, silver was around $16.82 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.78 is a gain of 5.7% over the week.
A year before 8 December 2009, silver was around $9.94 per troy ounce. The close of $17.78 therefore represents a rise of 78.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 14.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.