Distance from the record
This close sat 27.05% 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 19 September 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver falls 3.1% in a single session
Silver closed at $10.83 per troy ounce on 19 September 2006, down $0.345 (3.09%) from the previous close of $11.18.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.09% 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 27.05% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.338, making this a +47.59% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $10.83 per troy ounce on 19 September 2006. That is $0.35 lower than the previous close of $11.18, a move of -3.09%.
The silver price fell on 19 September 2006, losing $0.35 (3.09%) against the previous session's close of $11.18.
At $10.83 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.35 on 19 September 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.3 on 19 September 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 September 2006, silver was around $12.01 per troy ounce, so the close of $10.83 is a loss of 9.8% over the month.
A year before 19 September 2006, silver was around $7.34 per troy ounce. The close of $10.83 therefore represents a rise of 47.6% over twelve months.
It closed 27.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.