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Aetna

AET · Insurance · NYSE · in our data September 24, 1968 to December 13, 2000 (32.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Aetna is September 24, 1968 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 4, 1997, the market valued it at $17.5 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $68.12. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-092000-12
Peak market value$17.5 billionAugust 4, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$112.56August 4, 1997
Last share price$68.12December 13, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-39.5%
Return over the days in our data+1698.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.5%February 8, 2000

Share prices are adjusted for splits and other share changes, so the high and the last price compare like for like; the peak market value is as it was on the day. The return covers the trading days in our data only: it does not include what holders received, or lost, after the last trade (a merger payout, a bankruptcy), and it does not reach back before 1968. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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