Distance from the record
This close sat 18.70% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 10 August 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.7% in a single session
Silver closed at $12.07 per troy ounce on 10 August 2006, down $0.460 (3.67%) from the previous close of $12.53.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.67% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 18.70% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.061, making this a +70.94% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.07 per troy ounce on 10 August 2006. That is $0.46 lower than the previous close of $12.53, a move of -3.67%.
The silver price fell on 10 August 2006, losing $0.46 (3.67%) against the previous session's close of $12.53.
At $12.07 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.39 on 10 August 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.6 on 10 August 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 10 August 2006, silver was around $11.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.07 is a gain of 9.4% over the month.
A year before 10 August 2006, silver was around $7.06 per troy ounce. The close of $12.07 therefore represents a rise of 70.9% over twelve months.
It closed 18.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.