This page is a historical record of the silver price in 15 January 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $16.20 per troy ounce on 15 January 2008, down $0.120 (0.74%) from the previous close of $16.33.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.80, making this a +26.62% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.20 per troy ounce on 15 January 2008. That is $0.12 lower than the previous close of $16.33, a move of -0.74%.
The silver price fell on 15 January 2008, losing $0.12 (0.74%) against the previous session's close of $16.33.
At $16.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 15 January 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.6 on 15 January 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 January 2008, silver was around $15.71 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.20 is a gain of 3.2% over the week.
A month before 15 January 2008, silver was around $13.83 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.20 is a gain of 17.2% over the month.
A year before 15 January 2008, silver was around $12.80 per troy ounce. The close of $16.20 therefore represents a rise of 26.6% over twelve months.
It closed 0.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-01-14.