Highest closing price since 1 May 2009
Silver closed at $14.90 per troy ounce on 1 August 2009, up $0.965 (6.93%) from the previous close of $13.93.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.61, making this a +9.49% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.90 per troy ounce on 1 August 2009. That is $0.97 higher than the previous close of $13.93, a move of 6.93%.
The silver price rose on 1 August 2009, gaining $0.97 (6.93%) against the previous session's close of $13.93.
At $14.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.48 on 1 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.9 on 1 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 August 2009, silver was around $13.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.90 is a gain of 6.9% over the week.
A month before 1 August 2009, silver was around $13.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.90 is a gain of 6.9% over the month.
A year before 1 August 2009, silver was around $13.61 per troy ounce. The close of $14.90 therefore represents a rise of 9.5% over twelve months.