Distance from the record
This close sat 34.87% 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 21 July 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $13.47 per troy ounce on 21 July 2009, down $0.147 (1.08%) from the previous close of $13.62.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 34.87% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.36, making this a -26.63% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.47 per troy ounce on 21 July 2009. That is $0.15 lower than the previous close of $13.62, a move of -1.08%.
The silver price fell on 21 July 2009, losing $0.15 (1.08%) against the previous session's close of $13.62.
At $13.47 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.43 on 21 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.3 on 21 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 July 2009, silver was around $12.85 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.47 is a gain of 4.8% over the week.
A month before 21 July 2009, silver was around $14.19 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.47 is a loss of 5.0% over the month.
A year before 21 July 2009, silver was around $18.36 per troy ounce. The close of $13.47 therefore represents a fall of 26.6% over twelve months.
It closed 34.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.