Distance from the record
This close sat 25.00% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 10 October 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $11.14 per troy ounce on 10 October 2006, down $0.195 (1.72%) from the previous close of $11.33.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 25.00% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.799, making this a +42.77% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $11.14 per troy ounce on 10 October 2006. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $11.33, a move of -1.72%.
The silver price fell on 10 October 2006, losing $0.19 (1.72%) against the previous session's close of $11.33.
At $11.14 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.36 on 10 October 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.4 on 10 October 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 10 October 2006, silver was around $12.16 per troy ounce, so the close of $11.14 is a loss of 8.5% over the month.
A year before 10 October 2006, silver was around $7.80 per troy ounce. The close of $11.14 therefore represents a rise of 42.8% over twelve months.
It closed 25.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.