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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 9 May 2008, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 28 April 2008
Silver closed at $16.84 per troy ounce on 9 May 2008, up $0.049 (0.29%) from the previous close of $16.79.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 18.57% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.36, making this a +26.06% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $16.84 per troy ounce on 9 May 2008. That is $0.05 higher than the previous close of $16.79, a move of 0.29%.
The silver price rose on 9 May 2008, gaining $0.05 (0.29%) against the previous session's close of $16.79.
At $16.84 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 9 May 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.5 on 9 May 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 May 2008, silver was around $16.38 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.84 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 9 May 2008, silver was around $18.17 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.84 is a loss of 7.3% over the month.
A year before 9 May 2008, silver was around $13.36 per troy ounce. The close of $16.84 therefore represents a rise of 26.1% over twelve months.
It closed 18.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.