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 26 August 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $13.57 per troy ounce on 26 August 2008, up $0.207 (1.55%) from the previous close of $13.36.
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 34.39% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $11.93, making this a +13.81% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.57 per troy ounce on 26 August 2008. That is $0.21 higher than the previous close of $13.36, a move of 1.55%.
The silver price rose on 26 August 2008, gaining $0.21 (1.55%) against the previous session's close of $13.36.
At $13.57 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.44 on 26 August 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.6 on 26 August 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 August 2008, silver was around $13.09 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.57 is a gain of 3.7% over the week.
A month before 26 August 2008, silver was around $17.33 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.57 is a loss of 21.7% over the month.
A year before 26 August 2008, silver was around $11.93 per troy ounce. The close of $13.57 therefore represents a rise of 13.8% over twelve months.
It closed 34.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.