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Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp

ASPV. · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data March 4, 2005 to January 3, 2008 (2.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp is March 4, 2005 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 28, 2006, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $26.01. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

2005-032008-01
Peak market value$1.2 billionApril 28, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$34.00April 28, 2006
Last share price$26.01January 3, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-23.5%
Return over the days in our data+75.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-14.3%October 27, 2006

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 2005.

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Also gone in 2008: Chemicals & Drugs