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Standard Oil Co

BP · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1962 to June 29, 1987 (25.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Standard Oil Co is January 2, 1962 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 25, 1987, the market valued it at $17.7 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $75.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1962-011987-06
Peak market value$17.7 billionJune 25, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$75.25June 25, 1987
Last share price$75.00June 29, 1987
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.3%
Return over the days in our data+5418.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-12.8%February 13, 1973

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 1962. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1987: Unknown