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Gaf

5876C · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to March 29, 1989 (21.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Gaf was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 10, 1987, the market valued it at $2.4 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $52.12. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011989-03
Peak market value$2.4 billionSeptember 10, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$67.28September 10, 1987
Last share price$52.12March 29, 1989
From its split-adjusted high to the end-22.5%
Return over the days in our data+778.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.3%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 1968. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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