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 9 August 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 22 July 2013
Silver closed at $20.40 per troy ounce on 9 August 2013, up $0.215 (1.07%) from the previous close of $20.18.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 58.01% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.09, making this a -27.38% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $20.40 per troy ounce on 9 August 2013. That is $0.22 higher than the previous close of $20.18, a move of 1.07%.
The silver price rose on 9 August 2013, gaining $0.22 (1.07%) against the previous session's close of $20.18.
At $20.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.66 on 9 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 9 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 August 2013, silver was around $19.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.40 is a gain of 2.5% over the week.
A month before 9 August 2013, silver was around $19.13 per troy ounce, so the close of $20.40 is a gain of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 9 August 2013, silver was around $28.09 per troy ounce. The close of $20.40 therefore represents a fall of 27.4% over twelve months.
It closed 58.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.