Distance from the record
This close sat 1.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 8 April 2004, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $8.085 per troy ounce on 8 April 2004, down $0.100 (1.22%) from the previous close of $8.185.
This close sat 1.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 5 of 246 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.474, making this a +80.71% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $8.09 per troy ounce on 8 April 2004. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $8.19, a move of -1.22%.
The silver price fell on 8 April 2004, losing $0.10 (1.22%) against the previous session's close of $8.19.
At $8.09 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.26 on 8 April 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.9 on 8 April 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 8 April 2004, silver was around $6.97 per troy ounce, so the close of $8.09 is a gain of 15.9% over the month.
A year before 8 April 2004, silver was around $4.47 per troy ounce. The close of $8.09 therefore represents a rise of 80.7% over twelve months.
It closed 1.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.