Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 January 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $9.020 per troy ounce on 17 January 2006, down $0.092 (1.01%) from the previous close of $9.112.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 2.19% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-01-09.
One of the ten lowest silver closes of that year, ranking 239 of 245 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.580, making this a +37.08% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $9.02 per troy ounce on 17 January 2006. That is $0.09 lower than the previous close of $9.11, a move of -1.01%.
The silver price fell on 17 January 2006, losing $0.09 (1.01%) against the previous session's close of $9.11.
At $9.02 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.29 on 17 January 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.4 on 17 January 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 January 2006, silver was around $8.52 per troy ounce, so the close of $9.02 is a gain of 5.9% over the month.
A year before 17 January 2006, silver was around $6.58 per troy ounce. The close of $9.02 therefore represents a rise of 37.1% over twelve months.
It closed 2.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-01-09.