Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $19.81 per troy ounce on 1 February 2008, up $2.860 (16.88%) from the previous close of $16.95.
Notable session: highest close of the year; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.10, making this a +40.48% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.81 per troy ounce on 1 February 2008. That is $2.86 higher than the previous close of $16.95, a move of 16.88%.
The silver price rose on 1 February 2008, gaining $2.86 (16.88%) against the previous session's close of $16.95.
At $19.81 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.64 on 1 February 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.1 on 1 February 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 February 2008, silver was around $16.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.81 is a gain of 16.9% over the week.
A month before 1 February 2008, silver was around $16.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.81 is a gain of 16.9% over the month.
A year before 1 February 2008, silver was around $14.10 per troy ounce. The close of $19.81 therefore represents a rise of 40.5% over twelve months.