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Baillie Gifford European Growth Ord (BGEU) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Baillie Gifford European Growth Ord from Jan 1, 1973 to Nov 12, 2026: 13,648 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.

BGEU adjusted close, 1973 to 2026

BGEUBaillie Gifford European Growth Ord
£1.25+15.7% over one year
19801990200020102020
£5.74
All time high, 2009
£1.33
52 week high, £0.9140 low
13,648
Daily sessions since 1973

Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1973 to 2026 series and minute bars.

BGEU key facts

  • Baillie Gifford European Growth Ord (BGEU) closed at £1.25 on Nov 12, 2026 on LSE.
  • BGEU's all time high close is £5.74, set on Oct 15, 2009; its all time low close is £0.0056 on Oct 31, 1974.
  • BGEU's 52 week range is £0.9140 to £1.33.
  • BGEU returned +15.7% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and -22.9% over five years.
  • Over ten years BGEU returned +68%, +5.3% a year compounded.
  • BGEU's deepest drawdown was -98.7% from Jan 30, 1973 to Oct 31, 1974.
  • DataCedar holds 13,648 daily sessions of BGEU history from Jan 1, 1973 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

BGEU price chart, 1973 to 2026

BGEU adjusted close, Jan 1, 1973 to Nov 12, 2026£0.0060£0.0580£0.5568£5.3419801990200020102020
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

BGEU returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month+2.9%
3 months-3.1%
6 months+26.0%
Year to date+15.2%
1 year+15.7%
3 years+51.7%
5 years-22.9%
10 years+68.2%
Since Jan 1, 1973+194.7%
Compound annual growth, 53.9 years+2.0%

BGEU records

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

All time high close
£5.74 on Oct 15, 2009
All time low close
£0.0056 on Oct 31, 1974
52 week high
£1.33 on Aug 11, 2026
52 week low
£0.9140 on Mar 23, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-98.7% from Jan 30, 1973 to Oct 31, 1974, recovered Mar 3, 1998
Best single session
+921.7% on Jan 2, 2009
Worst single session
-94.7% on Jan 31, 1973
Volatility, 1 year annualised
21.1%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
46%
Growth of 1 since 1973
2.9×
Best calendar year
2009, +1,054%
Worst calendar year
2010, -90%

BGEU 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. 1973 starts on Jan 1, 1973; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£1.08£1.33£0.9140£1.25+15.2%138.4M215
2025£0.8569£1.10£0.8029£1.08+26.8%145.1M253
2024£0.9198£1.02£0.8290£0.8559-8.0%148.9M252
2023£0.8636£1.02£0.7536£0.9298+6.9%146.1M250
2022£1.50£1.50£0.7346£0.8696-41.5%206.9M249
2021£1.45£1.71£1.31£1.49+4.0%233.9M253
2020£0.8795£1.46£0.5937£1.43+61.1%315.9M254
2019£0.7651£0.8973£0.7474£0.8873+14.8%115.7M226
2018£0.9495£0.9728£0.7731£0.7731-18.6%78.3M217
2017£0.8071£0.9582£0.7824£0.9497+21.7%44.5M240
2016£0.7044£0.7830£0.5928£0.7806+8.6%65.8M245
2015£0.7584£0.8473£0.6657£0.7186-5.6%75.6M250
2014£0.7442£0.7953£0.6579£0.7611+2.4%94.7M251
2013£0.5580£0.7672£0.5544£0.7432+35.7%78.9M246
2012£0.4930£0.5535£0.4433£0.5475+13.2%86.3M230
2011£0.5632£0.6221£0.4172£0.4835-12.7%99.7M236
2010£0.5283£0.5796£0.4605£0.5542-89.5%149.3M228
2009£4.53£5.74£3.15£5.29+1,054%14.4M250
2008£0.7922£0.8070£0.3612£0.4585-42.3%157.2M250
2007£0.7148£0.8632£0.7099£0.7941+11.7%176M234
2006£0.6246£0.7208£0.5579£0.7109+14.3%208.7M241
2005£0.4579£0.6256£0.4114£0.6221+35.2%348.5M257
2004£0.4114£0.4632£0.3648£0.4602+11.9%279M254
2003£0.3142£0.4193£0.2559£0.4114+30.9%305.2M261
2002£0.4859£0.5307£0.2639£0.3142-35.3%262.2M261
2001£0.6248£0.7248£0.3704£0.4859-22.2%219.3M260
2000£0.6671£0.7636£0.5974£0.6248-6.3%243.4M257
1999£0.4610£0.6671£0.4480£0.6671+44.7%242.3M251
1998£0.3599£0.5735£0.3295£0.4610+28.1%122.7M254
1997£0.2967£0.3828£0.2952£0.3599+21.3%0261
1996£0.2568£0.3041£0.2568£0.2967+15.5%0262
1995£0.2170£0.2611£0.2041£0.2568+18.4%0260
1994£0.2429£0.2598£0.2165£0.2170-10.7%0260
1993£0.1652£0.2429£0.1632£0.2429+47.0%0261
1992£0.1453£0.1722£0.1433£0.1652+13.7%0262
1991£0.1550£0.1811£0.1388£0.1453-5.9%0261
1990£0.0986£0.1565£0.0701£0.1545+56.6%0261
1989£0.0560£0.0986£0.0560£0.0986+76.2%0260
1988£0.0363£0.0565£0.0363£0.0560+55.6%0261
1987£0.0751£0.0754£0.0360£0.0360-52.1%0261
1986£0.0423£0.0751£0.0423£0.0751+77.7%0261
1985£0.0278£0.0423£0.0278£0.0423+52.2%0261
1984£0.0213£0.0297£0.0213£0.0278+30.3%0261
1983£0.0143£0.0213£0.0143£0.0213+48.8%0260
1982£0.0129£0.0143£0.0115£0.0143+11.2%0261
1981£0.0136£0.0136£0.0120£0.0129-5.4%0261
1980£0.0121£0.0136£0.0115£0.0136+12.2%0262
1979£0.0112£0.0124£0.0106£0.0121+7.9%0261
1978£0.0097£0.0125£0.0092£0.0112+15.9%0260
1977£0.0075£0.0097£0.0068£0.0097+28.8%0260
1976£0.0104£0.0118£0.0060£0.0075-27.7%0262
1975£0.0068£0.0140£0.0068£0.0104+53.5%0261
1974£0.0123£0.0134£0.0056£0.0068-44.7%0261
1973£0.4242£0.4242£0.0123£0.0123n/a0261

BGEU monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
November 2026£1.25+1.6%
October 2026£1.23+2.5%
September 2026£1.20-5.9%
August 2026£1.28+9.0%
July 2026£1.17+7.3%
June 2026£1.09+5.3%
May 2026£1.04+3.7%
April 2026£0.9980+6.4%
March 2026£0.9380-11.1%
February 2026£1.06-3.2%
January 2026£1.09+0.5%
December 2025£1.08+1.9%

About the BGEU data

Daily bars. 13,648 sessions from Jan 1, 1973 to Nov 12, 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 Nov 3, 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 Jan 1, 1973, 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/lse%3ABGEU/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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