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Leukosite Inc

LKST. · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data August 15, 1997 to December 22, 1999 (2.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Leukosite Inc is August 15, 1997 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 21, 1999, the market valued it at $617 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $51.12. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1997-081999-12
Peak market value$617 millionDecember 21, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$51.75December 21, 1999
Last share price$51.12December 22, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-1.2%
Return over the days in our data+752.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.6%August 17, 1998

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 1997.

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Also gone in 1999: Chemicals & Drugs