Distance from the record
This close sat 6.74% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 5 December 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $13.85 per troy ounce on 5 December 2006, down $0.216 (1.54%) from the previous close of $14.06.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 6.74% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $8.632, making this a +60.39% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $13.85 per troy ounce on 5 December 2006. That is $0.22 lower than the previous close of $14.06, a move of -1.54%.
The silver price fell on 5 December 2006, losing $0.22 (1.54%) against the previous session's close of $14.06.
At $13.85 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.45 on 5 December 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 46.4 on 5 December 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 46.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 December 2006, silver was around $12.59 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.85 is a gain of 10.0% over the month.
A year before 5 December 2006, silver was around $8.63 per troy ounce. The close of $13.85 therefore represents a rise of 60.4% over twelve months.
It closed 6.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.