Distance from the record
This close sat 37.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 4 September 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.86 per troy ounce on 4 September 2008, down $0.004 (0.03%) from the previous close of $12.86.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 37.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.28, making this a +4.68% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.86 per troy ounce on 4 September 2008. That is $0.00 lower than the previous close of $12.86, a move of -0.03%.
The silver price fell on 4 September 2008, losing $0.00 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $12.86.
At $12.86 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.41 on 4 September 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.1 on 4 September 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 September 2008, silver was around $13.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.86 is a loss of 5.5% over the week.
A month before 4 September 2008, silver was around $17.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.86 is a loss of 24.8% over the month.
It closed 37.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.