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Fox Entertainment Group Inc

FOX · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data November 11, 1998 to March 21, 2005 (6.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Fox Entertainment Group Inc is November 11, 1998 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 18, 2005, the market valued it at $15.7 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $36.35, -1.1% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1998-112005-03
Peak market value$15.7 billionMarch 18, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$36.75March 18, 2005
Last share price$36.35March 21, 2005
From its split-adjusted high to the end-1.1%
Return over the days in our data+48.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.1%April 10, 2003

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 1998.

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Also gone in 2005: Telecom & Media