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Shell Oil

4108A · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to June 7, 1985 (17.4 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Shell Oil was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on November 18, 1980, the market valued it at $19.8 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $59.75. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011985-06

Peak market value$19.8 billionNovember 18, 1980

Highest split-adjusted share price$60.00May 23, 1985

Last share price$59.75June 7, 1985

From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.4%

Return over the days in our data+711.4%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-15.8%June 30, 1982

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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