Distance from the record
This close sat 15.23% 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 3 November 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $12.59 per troy ounce on 3 November 2006, down $0.013 (0.10%) from the previous close of $12.60.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.10% 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 15.23% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $7.597, making this a +65.66% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $12.59 per troy ounce on 3 November 2006. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $12.60, a move of -0.10%.
The silver price fell on 3 November 2006, losing $0.01 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $12.60.
At $12.59 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.40 on 3 November 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.8 on 3 November 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 November 2006, silver was around $12.02 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.59 is a gain of 4.7% over the week.
A month before 3 November 2006, silver was around $10.95 per troy ounce, so the close of $12.59 is a gain of 14.9% over the month.
A year before 3 November 2006, silver was around $7.60 per troy ounce. The close of $12.59 therefore represents a rise of 65.7% over twelve months.
It closed 15.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.