Distance from the record
This close sat 32.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 14 May 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.02 per troy ounce on 14 May 2009, up $0.020 (0.14%) from the previous close of $14.00.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.14% 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 32.22% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.55, making this a -15.29% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.02 per troy ounce on 14 May 2009. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $14.00, a move of 0.14%.
The silver price rose on 14 May 2009, gaining $0.02 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $14.00.
At $14.02 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 14 May 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.2 on 14 May 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 14 May 2009, silver was around $12.76 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.02 is a gain of 9.9% over the month.
A year before 14 May 2009, silver was around $16.55 per troy ounce. The close of $14.02 therefore represents a fall of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 32.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.