Distance from the record
This close sat 32.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 18 August 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 July 2009
Silver closed at $13.96 per troy ounce on 18 August 2009, down $0.015 (0.11%) from the previous close of $13.97.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 32.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.09, making this a +6.64% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.96 per troy ounce on 18 August 2009. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $13.97, a move of -0.11%.
The silver price fell on 18 August 2009, losing $0.01 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $13.97.
At $13.96 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 18 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 18 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 August 2009, silver was around $14.34 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.96 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 32.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.