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Applera Corp-cel

CRA · Engineering & Consulting · NYSE · in our data May 6, 1999 to June 30, 2008 (9.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Applera Corp-cel is May 6, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 25, 2000, the market valued it at $13.0 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $11.36, -95.5% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1999-052008-06
Peak market value$13.0 billionFebruary 25, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$251.00February 25, 2000
Last share price$11.36June 30, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-95.5%
Return over the days in our data+6.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-23.4%April 10, 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 1999. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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