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Barclays PLC (BARC) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Barclays PLC from Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026: 9,805 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.

BARC adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

BARCBarclays PLC
£4.62+20.9% over one year
1990200020102020
£7.26
All time high, 2007
£5.38
52 week high, £3.53 low
9,805
Daily sessions since 1988

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.

BARC key facts

  • Barclays PLC (BARC) closed at £4.62 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • BARC's all time high close is £7.26, set on Feb 23, 2007; its all time low close is £0.4709 on Jan 23, 2009.
  • BARC's 52 week range is £3.53 to £5.38.
  • BARC returned +20.9% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +148.6% over five years.
  • Over ten years BARC returned +179%, +10.8% a year compounded.
  • BARC's deepest drawdown was -93.5% from Feb 23, 2007 to Jan 23, 2009.
  • DataCedar holds 9,805 daily sessions of BARC history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

BARC price chart, 1988 to 2026

BARC adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026£0.6611£2.79£4.91£7.0419901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

BARC returns

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

PeriodReturn
1 month-6.9%
3 months-9.4%
6 months+21.0%
Year to date-3.0%
1 year+20.9%
3 years+190.9%
5 years+148.6%
10 years+179.1%
Since Jul 1, 1988+597.7%
Compound annual growth, 38.2 years+5.2%

BARC records

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

All time high close
£7.26 on Feb 23, 2007
All time low close
£0.4709 on Jan 23, 2009
52 week high
£5.38 on Jul 27, 2026
52 week low
£3.53 on Oct 17, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-93.5% from Feb 23, 2007 to Jan 23, 2009, not yet recovered
Best single session
+73.2% on Jan 26, 2009
Worst single session
-24.8% on Jan 16, 2009
Volatility, 1 year annualised
30.7%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
52%
Growth of 1 since 1988
7.0×
Best calendar year
2009, +80%
Worst calendar year
2008, -70%

BARC 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. 1988 starts on Jul 1, 1988; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£4.77£5.38£3.61£4.62-2.8%9.3B187
2025£2.66£4.77£2.24£4.76+77.5%10.8B252
2024£1.54£2.73£1.38£2.68+74.5%13.9B254
2023£1.59£1.99£1.28£1.54-2.9%13.3B251
2022£1.93£2.19£1.32£1.58-15.2%12.5B250
2021£1.47£2.17£1.12£1.87+27.5%11.2B253
2020£1.80£1.86£0.7290£1.46-18.3%15.4B254
2019£1.48£1.93£1.31£1.79+19.4%11.5B253
2018£2.03£2.20£1.45£1.50-25.9%13.7B253
2017£2.25£2.44£1.77£2.03-9.1%10.6B252
2016£2.16£2.67£1.21£2.23+2.1%13.4B253
2015£2.41£2.89£2.08£2.18-10.1%9.5B253
2014£2.72£2.97£2.01£2.43-10.4%12B253
2013£2.51£3.11£2.46£2.71+12.2%12.4B253
2012£1.67£2.49£1.36£2.41+49.1%13.4B251
2011£2.47£3.12£1.23£1.62-32.7%13.6B252
2010£2.56£3.63£2.33£2.41-5.2%16B253
2009£1.41£3.59£0.4350£2.54+79.9%19.3B253
2008£4.61£4.82£1.08£1.41-69.5%20B254
2007£6.77£7.29£4.06£4.63-30.9%17B253
2006£5.66£6.86£5.32£6.70+19.5%9.1B252
2005£5.38£5.68£4.74£5.61+4.3%7.6B260
2004£4.57£5.40£3.99£5.38+17.7%7.7B262
2003£3.53£4.89£2.84£4.57+29.5%6.8B261
2002£5.21£5.79£3.03£3.53-32.3%38B261
2001£4.83£5.37£3.48£5.21+9.8%96.9B261
2000£4.08£4.96£3.02£4.75+16.3%97B260
1999£2.97£4.64£2.92£4.08+37.5%75.8B261
1998£3.70£4.57£1.89£2.97-19.9%79.1B261
1997£2.29£4.13£2.24£3.70+61.8%79.7B261
1996£1.69£2.39£1.57£2.29+35.4%80.5B262
1995£1.40£1.86£1.29£1.69+21.0%28.3B260
1994£1.45£1.45£1.14£1.40-3.9%0260
1993£0.8730£1.47£0.8387£1.45+66.5%0261
1992£0.8661£0.9118£0.6399£0.8730+0.8%0262
1991£0.8273£1.10£0.7587£0.8661+4.7%0261
1990£0.9321£0.9644£0.6810£0.8273-11.2%0261
1989£0.6627£0.9321£0.6595£0.9321+40.6%0260
1988£0.6627£0.7003£0.6383£0.6627n/a0131

BARC monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£4.62-6.9%
August 2026£4.97-2.4%
July 2026£5.09+0.4%
June 2026£5.07+10.6%
May 2026£4.58+6.1%
April 2026£4.31+10.8%
March 2026£3.89-14.0%
February 2026£4.53-6.8%
January 2026£4.86+2.2%
December 2025£4.76+10.6%
November 2025£4.30+5.7%
October 2025£4.07+7.2%

About the BARC data

Daily bars. 9,805 sessions from Jul 1, 1988 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 Jul 1, 1988, 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/BARC/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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