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 18 December 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 October 2006
Silver closed at $12.38 per troy ounce on 18 December 2006, down $0.441 (3.44%) from the previous close of $12.82.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.44% 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 16.60% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $8.521, making this a +45.31% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $12.38 per troy ounce on 18 December 2006. That is $0.44 lower than the previous close of $12.82, a move of -3.44%.
The silver price fell on 18 December 2006, losing $0.44 (3.44%) against the previous session's close of $12.82.
At $12.38 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.40 on 18 December 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.6 on 18 December 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 December 2006, silver was around $13.85 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.38 is a loss of 10.6% over the week.
A year before 18 December 2006, silver was around $8.52 per troy ounce. The close of $12.38 therefore represents a rise of 45.3% over twelve months.
It closed 16.60% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.