Distance from the record
This close sat 29.23% 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 6 August 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.64 per troy ounce on 6 August 2009, down $0.115 (0.78%) from the previous close of $14.75.
This close sat 29.23% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.47, making this a -11.13% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.64 per troy ounce on 6 August 2009. That is $0.12 lower than the previous close of $14.75, a move of -0.78%.
The silver price fell on 6 August 2009, losing $0.12 (0.78%) against the previous session's close of $14.75.
At $14.64 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 6 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 6 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 August 2009, silver was around $13.48 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.64 is a gain of 8.6% over the week.
A month before 6 August 2009, silver was around $13.23 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.64 is a gain of 10.7% over the month.
It closed 29.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.