Distance from the record
This close sat 32.92% 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 20 August 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $13.88 per troy ounce on 20 August 2009, up $0.005 (0.04%) from the previous close of $13.87.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.04% 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 32.92% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.03, making this a +6.50% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.88 per troy ounce on 20 August 2009. That is $0.01 higher than the previous close of $13.87, a move of 0.04%.
The silver price rose on 20 August 2009, gaining $0.01 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $13.87.
At $13.88 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 20 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.8 on 20 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 August 2009, silver was around $14.98 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.88 is a loss of 7.4% over the week.
It closed 32.92% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.