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Skelly Oil Co

SYE · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to January 31, 1977 (9.1 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Skelly Oil Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 23, 1976, the market valued it at $1.4 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $115.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011977-01
Peak market value$1.4 billionSeptember 23, 1976
Highest split-adjusted share price$119.54September 23, 1976
Last share price$115.50January 31, 1977
From its split-adjusted high to the end-3.4%
Return over the days in our data+108.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-7.9%November 8, 1976

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 1977: Unknown