Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 October 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $10.74 per troy ounce on 13 October 2008, up $0.192 (1.82%) from the previous close of $10.55.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 48.09% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.80, making this a -22.21% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $10.74 per troy ounce on 13 October 2008. That is $0.19 higher than the previous close of $10.55, a move of 1.82%.
The silver price rose on 13 October 2008, gaining $0.19 (1.82%) against the previous session's close of $10.55.
At $10.74 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.35 on 13 October 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.1 on 13 October 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 October 2008, silver was around $11.23 per troy ounce, so the close of $10.74 is a loss of 4.4% over the week.
A year before 13 October 2008, silver was around $13.80 per troy ounce. The close of $10.74 therefore represents a fall of 22.2% over twelve months.
It closed 48.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.