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HKN Inc

HKN · Oil & Gas · AMEX · in our data December 13, 1979 to October 26, 2012 (32.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for HKN Inc is December 13, 1979 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 10, 1998, the market valued it at $863 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.97, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1979-122012-10
Peak market value$863 millionFebruary 10, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$3228.38November 26, 1980
Last share price$1.97October 26, 2012
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-99.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-37.5%January 24, 1992

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 1979.

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