Distance from the record
This close sat 13.66% 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 29 December 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.82 per troy ounce on 29 December 2006, down $0.005 (0.04%) from the previous close of $12.82.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.04% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 13.66% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $8.812, making this a +45.46% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.82 per troy ounce on 29 December 2006. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $12.82, a move of -0.04%.
The silver price fell on 29 December 2006, losing $0.01 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $12.82.
At $12.82 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.41 on 29 December 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.6 on 29 December 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 29 December 2006, silver was around $12.51 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.82 is a gain of 2.5% over the week.
A month before 29 December 2006, silver was around $13.57 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.82 is a loss of 5.5% over the month.
A year before 29 December 2006, silver was around $8.81 per troy ounce. The close of $12.82 therefore represents a rise of 45.5% over twelve months.
It closed 13.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.