Distance from the record
This close sat 40.42% 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 9 April 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.32 per troy ounce on 9 April 2009, down $0.010 (0.08%) from the previous close of $12.34.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.08% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 40.42% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.17, making this a -32.17% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.32 per troy ounce on 9 April 2009. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $12.34, a move of -0.08%.
The silver price fell on 9 April 2009, losing $0.01 (0.08%) against the previous session's close of $12.34.
At $12.32 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.40 on 9 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.6 on 9 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 April 2009, silver was around $13.02 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.32 is a loss of 5.3% over the week.
A year before 9 April 2009, silver was around $18.17 per troy ounce. The close of $12.32 therefore represents a fall of 32.2% over twelve months.
It closed 40.42% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.