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Viskase Companies Inc

VKSC · Unknown · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1972 to June 1, 1989 (16.5 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Viskase Companies Inc was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 12, 1989, the market valued it at $733 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $39.62. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121989-06
Peak market value$733 millionApril 12, 1989
Highest split-adjusted share price$39.88April 28, 1989
Last share price$39.62June 1, 1989
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.6%
Return over the days in our data+605.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-36.4%March 31, 1980

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 1972.

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Also gone in 1989: Unknown