Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 August 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 July 2009
Silver closed at $13.97 per troy ounce on 17 August 2009, down $0.744 (5.06%) from the previous close of $14.72.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 5.06% 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 32.46% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.80, making this a +9.14% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $13.97 per troy ounce on 17 August 2009. That is $0.74 lower than the previous close of $14.72, a move of -5.06%.
The silver price fell on 17 August 2009, losing $0.74 (5.06%) against the previous session's close of $14.72.
At $13.97 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 17 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 17 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 August 2009, silver was around $14.35 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.97 is a loss of 2.6% over the week.
It closed 32.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.