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 8 May 2006, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $13.68 per troy ounce on 8 May 2006, down $0.115 (0.83%) from the previous close of $13.79.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 5.67% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-04-19.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.952, making this a +96.73% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $13.68 per troy ounce on 8 May 2006. That is $0.11 lower than the previous close of $13.79, a move of -0.83%.
The silver price fell on 8 May 2006, losing $0.11 (0.83%) against the previous session's close of $13.79.
At $13.68 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.44 on 8 May 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.6 on 8 May 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 May 2006, silver was around $12.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.68 is a gain of 10.3% over the week.
A month before 8 May 2006, silver was around $12.03 per troy ounce, so the close of $13.68 is a gain of 13.6% over the month.
A year before 8 May 2006, silver was around $6.95 per troy ounce. The close of $13.68 therefore represents a rise of 96.7% over twelve months.
It closed 5.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-04-19.