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 17 November 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 28 October 2008
Silver closed at $9.330 per troy ounce on 17 November 2008, down $0.160 (1.69%) from the previous close of $9.490.
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 54.89% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 246 of 252 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.48, making this a -35.58% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $9.33 per troy ounce on 17 November 2008. That is $0.16 lower than the previous close of $9.49, a move of -1.69%.
The silver price fell on 17 November 2008, losing $0.16 (1.69%) against the previous session's close of $9.49.
At $9.33 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.30 on 17 November 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.5 on 17 November 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 November 2008, silver was around $10.22 per troy ounce, so the close of $9.33 is a loss of 8.7% over the week.
A year before 17 November 2008, silver was around $14.48 per troy ounce. The close of $9.33 therefore represents a fall of 35.6% over twelve months.
It closed 54.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.