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 July 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 July 2009
Silver closed at $13.40 per troy ounce on 17 July 2009, up $0.168 (1.27%) from the previous close of $13.23.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 35.23% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.67, making this a -28.23% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.40 per troy ounce on 17 July 2009. That is $0.17 higher than the previous close of $13.23, a move of 1.27%.
The silver price rose on 17 July 2009, gaining $0.17 (1.27%) against the previous session's close of $13.23.
At $13.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.43 on 17 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.0 on 17 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 July 2009, silver was around $12.64 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.40 is a gain of 6.0% over the week.
A month before 17 July 2009, silver was around $14.27 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.40 is a loss of 6.1% over the month.
A year before 17 July 2009, silver was around $18.67 per troy ounce. The close of $13.40 therefore represents a fall of 28.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 35.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.