Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 27 March 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $18.51 per troy ounce on 27 March 2008, up $0.167 (0.91%) from the previous close of $18.35.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 10.50% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.21, making this a +40.14% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.51 per troy ounce on 27 March 2008. That is $0.17 higher than the previous close of $18.35, a move of 0.91%.
The silver price rose on 27 March 2008, gaining $0.17 (0.91%) against the previous session's close of $18.35.
At $18.51 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.60 on 27 March 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.3 on 27 March 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 March 2008, silver was around $16.81 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.51 is a gain of 10.2% over the week.
A year before 27 March 2008, silver was around $13.21 per troy ounce. The close of $18.51 therefore represents a rise of 40.1% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 10.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.