Distance from the record
This close sat 11.59% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 April 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $18.29 per troy ounce on 17 April 2008, down $0.018 (0.10%) from the previous close of $18.31.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.10% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 11.59% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.99, making this a +30.70% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.29 per troy ounce on 17 April 2008. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $18.31, a move of -0.10%.
The silver price fell on 17 April 2008, losing $0.02 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $18.31.
At $18.29 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.59 on 17 April 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.4 on 17 April 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 April 2008, silver was around $20.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.29 is a loss of 9.6% over the month.
A year before 17 April 2008, silver was around $13.99 per troy ounce. The close of $18.29 therefore represents a rise of 30.7% over twelve months.
It closed 11.59% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.