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Applied Biosystems (Applera)

ABI · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to November 21, 2008 (40.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Applied Biosystems (Applera) was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 6, 2000, the market valued it at $32.9 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $27.81, -81.5% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012008-11
Peak market value$32.9 billionMarch 6, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$150.32March 6, 2000
Last share price$27.81November 21, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-81.5%
Return over the days in our data+1991.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.2%March 22, 2001

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.

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Also gone in 2008: Chemicals & Drugs