Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 23 March 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 25 February 2009
Silver closed at $13.86 per troy ounce on 23 March 2009, up $0.035 (0.25%) from the previous close of $13.83.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 3 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 32.99% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.81, making this a -17.51% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.86 per troy ounce on 23 March 2009. That is $0.04 higher than the previous close of $13.83, a move of 0.25%.
The silver price rose on 23 March 2009, gaining $0.04 (0.25%) against the previous session's close of $13.83.
At $13.86 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 23 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.7 on 23 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 23 March 2009, silver was around $12.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.86 is a gain of 7.4% over the week.
A year before 23 March 2009, silver was around $16.81 per troy ounce. The close of $13.86 therefore represents a fall of 17.5% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 32.99% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.