Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 July 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.78 per troy ounce on 13 July 2009, up $0.148 (1.17%) from the previous close of $12.64.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 38.19% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.75, making this a -31.80% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.78 per troy ounce on 13 July 2009. That is $0.15 higher than the previous close of $12.64, a move of 1.17%.
The silver price rose on 13 July 2009, gaining $0.15 (1.17%) against the previous session's close of $12.64.
At $12.78 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.41 on 13 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.1 on 13 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 July 2009, silver was around $13.23 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.78 is a loss of 3.3% over the week.
A month before 13 July 2009, silver was around $14.86 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.78 is a loss of 14.0% over the month.
A year before 13 July 2009, silver was around $18.75 per troy ounce. The close of $12.78 therefore represents a fall of 31.8% over twelve months.
It closed 38.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.