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Cities Service Co

OXY1 · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to December 2, 1982 (14.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Cities Service Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on August 12, 1981, the market valued it at $5.7 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $49.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011982-12
Peak market value$5.7 billionAugust 12, 1981
Highest split-adjusted share price$65.49August 12, 1981
Last share price$49.50December 2, 1982
From its split-adjusted high to the end-24.4%
Return over the days in our data+560.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.5%August 9, 1982

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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Also gone in 1982: Unknown