Silver's highest closing price on record
Silver closed at $11.48 per troy ounce on 1 March 2006, up $1.760 (18.11%) from the previous close of $9.720.
Notable session: one of the largest single-day moves on record; moved more than 3% in a session.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.191, making this a +59.64% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $11.48 per troy ounce on 1 March 2006. That is $1.76 higher than the previous close of $9.72, a move of 18.11%.
The silver price rose on 1 March 2006, gaining $1.76 (18.11%) against the previous session's close of $9.72.
At $11.48 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.37 on 1 March 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 50.7 on 1 March 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 50.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 March 2006, silver was around $9.72 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.48 is a gain of 18.1% over the week.
A month before 1 March 2006, silver was around $9.72 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.48 is a gain of 18.1% over the month.
A year before 1 March 2006, silver was around $7.19 per troy ounce. The close of $11.48 therefore represents a rise of 59.6% over twelve months.