Distance from the record
This close sat 50.75% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 December 2020, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.1% in a single session
Silver closed at $23.93 per troy ounce on 9 December 2020, down $0.754 (3.05%) from the previous close of $24.68.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.05% 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 50.75% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.53, making this a +44.75% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.93 per troy ounce on 9 December 2020. That is $0.75 lower than the previous close of $24.68, a move of -3.05%.
The silver price fell on 9 December 2020, losing $0.75 (3.05%) against the previous session's close of $24.68.
At $23.93 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.77 on 9 December 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.7 on 9 December 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 9 December 2020, silver was around $16.53 per troy ounce. The close of $23.93 therefore represents a rise of 44.7% over twelve months.
It closed 50.75% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.