Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 June 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.14 per troy ounce on 5 June 2008, up $0.231 (1.37%) from the previous close of $16.91.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 17.15% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.76, making this a +24.57% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.14 per troy ounce on 5 June 2008. That is $0.23 higher than the previous close of $16.91, a move of 1.37%.
The silver price rose on 5 June 2008, gaining $0.23 (1.37%) against the previous session's close of $16.91.
At $17.14 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 5 June 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 50.9 on 5 June 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 50.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 June 2008, silver was around $16.48 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.14 is a gain of 4.0% over the week.
A year before 5 June 2008, silver was around $13.76 per troy ounce. The close of $17.14 therefore represents a rise of 24.6% over twelve months.
It closed 17.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.