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Dow Jones

DJ · Publishing · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to December 13, 2007 (35 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Dow Jones was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 3, 1987, the market valued it at $5.4 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $59.98, -7.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122007-12
Peak market value$5.4 billionMarch 3, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$64.61June 20, 2000
Last share price$59.98December 13, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-7.2%
Return over the days in our data+1884.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.8%October 19, 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 1972. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2007: Publishing