Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 April 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.72 per troy ounce on 4 April 2008, up $0.275 (1.58%) from the previous close of $17.45.
This close extended a run of 3 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 14.32% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.57, making this a +30.60% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.72 per troy ounce on 4 April 2008. That is $0.27 higher than the previous close of $17.45, a move of 1.58%.
The silver price rose on 4 April 2008, gaining $0.27 (1.58%) against the previous session's close of $17.45.
At $17.72 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 4 April 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.3 on 4 April 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 4 April 2008, silver was around $19.74 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.72 is a loss of 10.2% over the month.
A year before 4 April 2008, silver was around $13.57 per troy ounce. The close of $17.72 therefore represents a rise of 30.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 14.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.