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Spx Corp.

SPXC · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to October 6, 1998 (30.8 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Spx Corp. was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 17, 1997, the market valued it at $2.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $33.62, -34.1% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011998-10
Peak market value$2.6 billionJuly 17, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$51.04July 17, 1997
Last share price$33.62October 6, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-34.1%
Return over the days in our data+1235.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-13.5%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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1998: Machinery & Computers