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 26 May 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.68 per troy ounce on 26 May 2006, up $0.135 (1.08%) from the previous close of $12.54.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 14.62% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.152, making this a +77.22% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.68 per troy ounce on 26 May 2006. That is $0.14 higher than the previous close of $12.54, a move of 1.08%.
The silver price rose on 26 May 2006, gaining $0.14 (1.08%) against the previous session's close of $12.54.
At $12.68 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.41 on 26 May 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.4 on 26 May 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 May 2006, silver was around $12.28 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.68 is a gain of 3.2% over the week.
A year before 26 May 2006, silver was around $7.15 per troy ounce. The close of $12.68 therefore represents a rise of 77.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 14.62% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.