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 6 June 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 27 May 2008
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 6 June 2008, up $0.260 (1.52%) from the previous close of $17.14.
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 15.90% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.66, making this a +27.32% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.40 per troy ounce on 6 June 2008. That is $0.26 higher than the previous close of $17.14, a move of 1.52%.
The silver price rose on 6 June 2008, gaining $0.26 (1.52%) against the previous session's close of $17.14.
At $17.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.56 on 6 June 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.5 on 6 June 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 June 2008, silver was around $16.83 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.40 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
A year before 6 June 2008, silver was around $13.66 per troy ounce. The close of $17.40 therefore represents a rise of 27.3% 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 15.90% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.