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 24 January 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 January 2008
Silver closed at $16.27 per troy ounce on 24 January 2008, up $0.371 (2.33%) from the previous close of $15.90.
This was a 2.33% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.20, making this a +23.27% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.27 per troy ounce on 24 January 2008. That is $0.37 higher than the previous close of $15.90, a move of 2.33%.
The silver price rose on 24 January 2008, gaining $0.37 (2.33%) against the previous session's close of $15.90.
At $16.27 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.52 on 24 January 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.6 on 24 January 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 January 2008, silver was around $15.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.27 is a gain of 2.2% over the week.
A month before 24 January 2008, silver was around $14.52 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.27 is a gain of 12.1% over the month.
A year before 24 January 2008, silver was around $13.20 per troy ounce. The close of $16.27 therefore represents a rise of 23.3% over twelve months.
It closed 0.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-01-14.