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Nalco Chemical Co

NLC · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to December 20, 1999 (32 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Nalco Chemical Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on December 20, 1999, the market valued it at $3.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $52.88, -0.5% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011999-12
Peak market value$3.6 billionDecember 20, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$53.13December 7, 1999
Last share price$52.88December 20, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.5%
Return over the days in our data+2321.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-14.8%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 1999: Chemicals & Drugs