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Sterling Chemicals Hldgs Inc

3STXXQ · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data October 13, 1988 to August 21, 1996 (7.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Sterling Chemicals Hldgs Inc is October 13, 1988 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 7, 1989, the market valued it at $1.1 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $12.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1988-101996-08
Peak market value$1.1 billionFebruary 7, 1989
Highest split-adjusted share price$14.00January 13, 1995
Last share price$12.00August 21, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-14.3%
Return over the days in our data+4.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-12.8%March 11, 1992

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 1988. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1996: Chemicals & Drugs