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 30 December 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 18 December 2008
Silver closed at $10.95 per troy ounce on 30 December 2008, up $0.172 (1.60%) from the previous close of $10.78.
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 47.04% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.77, making this a -25.83% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $10.95 per troy ounce on 30 December 2008. That is $0.17 higher than the previous close of $10.78, a move of 1.60%.
The silver price rose on 30 December 2008, gaining $0.17 (1.60%) against the previous session's close of $10.78.
At $10.95 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.35 on 30 December 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.4 on 30 December 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 30 December 2008, silver was around $10.23 per troy ounce, so the close of $10.95 is a gain of 7.1% over the week.
A month before 30 December 2008, silver was around $10.19 per troy ounce, so the close of $10.95 is a gain of 7.6% over the month.
A year before 30 December 2008, silver was around $14.77 per troy ounce. The close of $10.95 therefore represents a fall of 25.8% 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 47.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.