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Arco Chemical Co

RCM · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data September 29, 1987 to July 28, 1998 (10.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Arco Chemical Co is September 29, 1987 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 22, 1998, the market valued it at $5.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $57.69, -0.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1987-091998-07
Peak market value$5.6 billionJuly 22, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$57.81July 22, 1998
Last share price$57.69July 28, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.2%
Return over the days in our data+193.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-22.7%October 26, 1987

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 1987. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1998: Chemicals & Drugs