Distance from the record
This close sat 29.12% 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 7 August 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.66 per troy ounce on 7 August 2009, up $0.023 (0.16%) from the previous close of $14.64.
This close sat 29.12% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.23, making this a -9.65% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.66 per troy ounce on 7 August 2009. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $14.64, a move of 0.16%.
The silver price rose on 7 August 2009, gaining $0.02 (0.16%) against the previous session's close of $14.64.
At $14.66 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 7 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.3 on 7 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 7 August 2009, silver was around $13.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.66 is a gain of 5.2% over the week.
A month before 7 August 2009, silver was around $13.21 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.66 is a gain of 11.0% over the month.
It closed 29.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.