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Contact Energy Limited (CEN) stock price history
Every ASX trading session of Contact Energy Limited from Sep 24, 2015 to Sep 28, 2026: 2,788 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
CEN adjusted close, 2015 to 2026
- A$8.27
- All time high, 2026
- A$8.27
- 52 week high, A$6.84 low
- 2,788
- Daily sessions since 2015
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2015 to 2026 series and minute bars.
CEN key facts
- Contact Energy Limited (CEN) closed at A$7.10 on Sep 28, 2026 on ASX.
- CEN's all time high close is A$8.27, set on May 5, 2026; its all time low close is A$2.39 on Mar 9, 2016.
- CEN's 52 week range is A$6.84 to A$8.27.
- CEN returned -6.5% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +7.4% over five years.
- Over ten years CEN returned +141%, +9.2% a year compounded.
- CEN's deepest drawdown was -42.7% from Sep 9, 2019 to Mar 22, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 2,788 daily sessions of CEN history from Sep 24, 2015 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
CEN price chart, 2015 to 2026
CEN returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -1.5% |
| 3 months | -3.5% |
| 6 months | -2.8% |
| Year to date | -7.5% |
| 1 year | -6.5% |
| 3 years | +9.6% |
| 5 years | +7.4% |
| 10 years | +141.5% |
| Since Sep 24, 2015 | +171.0% |
| Compound annual growth, 11.0 years | +9.5% |
CEN records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- A$8.27 on May 5, 2026
- All time low close
- A$2.39 on Mar 9, 2016
- 52 week high
- A$8.27 on May 5, 2026
- 52 week low
- A$6.84 on Sep 15, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -42.7% from Sep 9, 2019 to Mar 22, 2020, recovered Dec 22, 2020
- Best single session
- +14.0% on Jan 6, 2021
- Worst single session
- -13.1% on Jul 9, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 35.4%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 41%
- Growth of 1 since 2015
- 2.7×
- Best calendar year
- 2020, +32%
- Worst calendar year
- 2021, -7%
CEN price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2015 starts on Sep 24, 2015; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A$7.67 | A$8.27 | A$6.84 | A$7.10 | -7.5% | 4.6M | 188 |
| 2025 | A$7.65 | A$8.32 | A$7.15 | A$7.67 | +0.8% | 2M | 253 |
| 2024 | A$6.70 | A$8.07 | A$6.37 | A$7.61 | +13.6% | 1.4M | 254 |
| 2023 | A$6.12 | A$7.05 | A$5.68 | A$6.70 | +9.4% | 1.4M | 252 |
| 2022 | A$5.99 | A$6.58 | A$5.08 | A$6.12 | -1.6% | 1.9M | 251 |
| 2021 | A$6.65 | A$8.18 | A$4.66 | A$6.22 | -6.7% | 4M | 254 |
| 2020 | A$5.07 | A$6.67 | A$3.23 | A$6.67 | +31.6% | 2.1M | 255 |
| 2019 | A$3.94 | A$6.17 | A$3.88 | A$5.07 | +28.5% | 2.6M | 253 |
| 2018 | A$3.32 | A$3.94 | A$3.00 | A$3.94 | +19.0% | 3M | 253 |
| 2017 | A$2.79 | A$3.43 | A$2.72 | A$3.32 | +19.0% | 7.1M | 252 |
| 2016 | A$2.62 | A$3.11 | A$2.39 | A$2.79 | +2.4% | 3.1M | 253 |
| 2015 | A$2.62 | A$2.92 | A$2.47 | A$2.72 | n/a | 12.4M | 70 |
CEN monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | A$7.10 | -1.1% |
| August 2026 | A$7.18 | -4.9% |
| July 2026 | A$7.55 | -1.0% |
| June 2026 | A$7.63 | -3.1% |
| May 2026 | A$7.87 | +4.7% |
| April 2026 | A$7.52 | +3.1% |
| March 2026 | A$7.30 | -5.3% |
| February 2026 | A$7.71 | +1.6% |
| January 2026 | A$7.59 | -1.1% |
| December 2025 | A$7.67 | -3.7% |
| November 2025 | A$7.97 | -1.9% |
| October 2025 | A$8.12 | +5.3% |
About the CEN data
Daily bars. 2,788 sessions from Sep 24, 2015 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per ASX trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 29, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are ASX trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in AUD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Sep 24, 2015, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/CEN/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on ASX
Common questions
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