Distance from the record
This close sat 17.05% 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 December 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.5% in a single session
Silver closed at $17.16 per troy ounce on 9 December 2009, down $0.627 (3.53%) from the previous close of $17.78.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.53% 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 17.05% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $9.815, making this a +74.81% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.16 per troy ounce on 9 December 2009. That is $0.63 lower than the previous close of $17.78, a move of -3.53%.
The silver price fell on 9 December 2009, losing $0.63 (3.53%) against the previous session's close of $17.78.
At $17.16 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 9 December 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.3 on 9 December 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 December 2009, silver was around $19.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.16 is a loss of 11.1% over the week.
A year before 9 December 2009, silver was around $9.81 per troy ounce. The close of $17.16 therefore represents a rise of 74.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 17.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.