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General Re Corporation

GRN · Insurance · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to December 22, 1998 (26 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and General Re Corporation was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 6, 1998, the market valued it at $19.9 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $200.22. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121998-12
Peak market value$19.9 billionJuly 6, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$258.93July 6, 1998
Last share price$200.22December 22, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-22.7%
Return over the days in our data+1872.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.6%February 14, 1973

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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