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Delhi Intl Oil Corp

DLH · Unknown · AMEX · in our data December 14, 1972 to November 4, 1981 (8.9 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Delhi Intl Oil Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on August 17, 1981, the market valued it at $868 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $77.94. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121981-11
Peak market value$868 millionAugust 17, 1981
Highest split-adjusted share price$114.50August 17, 1981
Last share price$77.94November 4, 1981
From its split-adjusted high to the end-31.9%
Return over the days in our data+1579.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-32.5%August 18, 1981

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 1972.

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Also gone in 1981: Unknown