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Grace (w R) & Co

GRA · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 27, 1996 (28.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Grace (w R) & Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 19, 1996, the market valued it at $8.1 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $74.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011996-09
Peak market value$8.1 billionApril 19, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$82.45April 19, 1996
Last share price$74.50September 27, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-9.7%
Return over the days in our data+1461.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.9%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.

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Also gone in 1996: Chemicals & Drugs