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AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of AstraZeneca PLC from May 21, 1993 to Sep 28, 2026: 8,531 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.

AZN adjusted close, 1993 to 2026

AZNAstraZeneca PLC
£124.92+13.6% over one year
1995200020052010201520202025
£155.41
All time high, 2026
£157.29
52 week high, £98.91 low
8,531
Daily sessions since 1993

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1993 to 2026 series and minute bars.

AZN key facts

  • AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) closed at £124.92 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • AZN's all time high close is £155.41, set on Feb 27, 2026; its all time low close is £5.74 on Jul 21, 1993.
  • AZN's 52 week range is £98.91 to £157.29.
  • AZN returned +13.6% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +47.6% over five years.
  • Over ten years AZN returned +145%, +9.4% a year compounded.
  • AZN's deepest drawdown was -51.7% from Feb 27, 2002 to Mar 17, 2008.
  • DataCedar holds 8,531 daily sessions of AZN history from May 21, 1993 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

AZN price chart, 1993 to 2026

AZN adjusted close, May 21, 1993 to Sep 28, 2026£5.94£17.08£49.09£141.111995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

AZN returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month+4.4%
3 months-12.7%
6 months-12.6%
Year to date-9.1%
1 year+13.6%
3 years+13.6%
5 years+47.6%
10 years+144.6%
Since May 21, 1993+2,003%
Compound annual growth, 33.4 years+9.6%

AZN records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
£155.41 on Feb 27, 2026
All time low close
£5.74 on Jul 21, 1993
52 week high
£157.29 on Feb 18, 2026
52 week low
£98.91 on Jul 15, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-51.7% from Feb 27, 2002 to Mar 17, 2008, recovered Dec 24, 2013
Best single session
+14.4% on Apr 28, 2014
Worst single session
-15.4% on Jul 27, 2017
Volatility, 1 year annualised
27.9%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
52%
Growth of 1 since 1993
21.0×
Best calendar year
2005, +50%
Worst calendar year
2004, -30%

AZN 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. 1993 starts on May 21, 1993; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£137.20£157.29£98.91£124.92-9.4%516.6M187
2025£104.02£154.72£95.71£137.88+31.8%613.4M253
2024£106.26£133.83£94.55£104.64-1.2%602.2M254
2023£113.09£128.20£97.72£105.94-5.5%542.9M251
2022£86.17£115.31£82.06£112.09+29.3%592.7M250
2021£74.15£95.13£64.93£86.69+18.5%691.9M253
2020£75.83£101.06£58.63£73.14-3.7%617.9M254
2019£58.46£82.15£53.02£75.95+29.6%597.8M253
2018£51.14£64.20£45.34£58.62+14.7%615.5M253
2017£44.20£55.06£41.25£51.09+15.5%609.2M252
2016£45.50£54.89£36.69£44.25-3.8%698.2M253
2015£45.35£49.15£37.34£46.02+1.4%623.8M253
2014£35.52£57.28£33.53£45.39+27.5%729M253
2013£29.16£36.55£28.83£35.60+22.9%540.4M253
2012£30.02£31.00£25.66£28.96-2.1%660.6M251
2011£29.73£32.01£24.41£29.59+1.9%745.2M252
2010£28.94£33.70£27.13£29.05+0.4%885.6M253
2009£27.53£29.46£21.12£28.92+3.7%1.1B253
2008£21.47£28.96£17.31£27.88+29.8%1.8B254
2007£27.33£29.69£20.75£21.48-21.1%2.1B253
2006£28.28£35.03£24.81£27.23-3.0%1.9B252
2005£18.74£28.56£18.34£28.07+49.8%1.7B260
2004£26.58£27.52£18.25£18.74-29.5%1.7B262
2003£22.01£28.70£17.85£26.58+20.7%1.5B261
2002£30.71£36.15£17.57£22.01-28.3%1.5B261
2001£33.46£35.34£27.01£30.71-8.2%1.1B261
2000£24.83£35.74£18.46£33.46+34.7%1.1B260
1999£25.30£29.85£21.18£24.83-1.8%951.2M261
1998£20.66£27.54£17.41£25.29+22.5%463.1M261
1997£15.92£22.23£15.27£20.65+29.7%449.2M261
1996£12.04£17.09£11.59£15.92+32.3%446.1M262
1995£8.50£12.93£8.14£12.04+41.6%293.6M260
1994£8.12£8.68£6.52£8.50+4.7%0260
1993£5.94£8.13£5.74£8.12n/a0161

AZN monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£124.92+4.4%
August 2026£119.70-5.2%
July 2026£126.31-10.4%
June 2026£140.99+2.2%
May 2026£138.01-1.0%
April 2026£139.47-5.1%
March 2026£146.89-5.5%
February 2026£155.41+14.3%
January 2026£135.98-1.4%
December 2025£137.88-1.3%
November 2025£139.72+12.1%
October 2025£124.68+11.5%

About the AZN data

Daily bars. 8,531 sessions from May 21, 1993 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per LSE 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 28, 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 LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. 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 May 21, 1993, 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/AZN/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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