Distance from the record
This close sat 31.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 27 August 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.22 per troy ounce on 27 August 2009, down $0.035 (0.25%) from the previous close of $14.25.
This close sat 31.27% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.47, making this a +5.55% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.22 per troy ounce on 27 August 2009. That is $0.04 lower than the previous close of $14.25, a move of -0.25%.
The silver price fell on 27 August 2009, losing $0.04 (0.25%) against the previous session's close of $14.25.
At $14.22 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.46 on 27 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.5 on 27 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 August 2009, silver was around $13.88 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.22 is a gain of 2.5% over the week.
It closed 31.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.