Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $16.95 per troy ounce on 1 January 2008, up $2.151 (14.54%) from the previous close of $14.80.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.51, making this a +25.41% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.95 per troy ounce on 1 January 2008. That is $2.15 higher than the previous close of $14.80, a move of 14.54%.
The silver price rose on 1 January 2008, gaining $2.15 (14.54%) against the previous session's close of $14.80.
At $16.95 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 1 January 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.4 on 1 January 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 January 2008, silver was around $14.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.95 is a gain of 14.5% over the week.
A month before 1 January 2008, silver was around $14.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.95 is a gain of 14.5% over the month.
A year before 1 January 2008, silver was around $13.51 per troy ounce. The close of $16.95 therefore represents a rise of 25.4% over twelve months.