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Baillie Gifford Japan Ord (BGFD) stock price history
Every LSE trading session of Baillie Gifford Japan Ord from Dec 31, 1981 to Sep 28, 2026: 11,502 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.
BGFD adjusted close, 1981 to 2026
- £11.31
- All time high, 2021
- £11.06
- 52 week high, £8.11 low
- 11,502
- Daily sessions since 1981
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1981 to 2026 series and minute bars.
BGFD key facts
- Baillie Gifford Japan Ord (BGFD) closed at £10.74 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
- BGFD's all time high close is £11.31, set on Feb 16, 2021; its all time low close is £0.1419 on Aug 31, 1982.
- BGFD's 52 week range is £8.11 to £11.06.
- BGFD returned +16.1% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +2.9% over five years.
- Over ten years BGFD returned +98%, +7.1% a year compounded.
- BGFD's deepest drawdown was -71.2% from Mar 1, 2000 to Mar 31, 2003.
- DataCedar holds 11,502 daily sessions of BGFD history from Dec 31, 1981 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
BGFD price chart, 1981 to 2026
BGFD returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -0.4% |
| 3 months | +10.7% |
| 6 months | +28.6% |
| Year to date | +19.9% |
| 1 year | +16.1% |
| 3 years | +52.6% |
| 5 years | +2.9% |
| 10 years | +98.2% |
| Since Dec 31, 1981 | +5,440% |
| Compound annual growth, 44.7 years | +9.4% |
BGFD records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- £11.31 on Feb 16, 2021
- All time low close
- £0.1419 on Aug 31, 1982
- 52 week high
- £11.06 on Sep 17, 2026
- 52 week low
- £8.11 on Mar 23, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -71.2% from Mar 1, 2000 to Mar 31, 2003, recovered Dec 19, 2005
- Best single session
- +21.8% on Nov 30, 1982
- Worst single session
- -21.5% on May 31, 1984
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 19.6%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 51%
- Growth of 1 since 1981
- 55.4×
- Best calendar year
- 1999, +216%
- Worst calendar year
- 2001, -39%
BGFD 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. 1981 starts on Dec 31, 1981; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £8.80 | £11.06 | £8.11 | £10.74 | +19.6% | 48.4M | 187 |
| 2025 | £7.14 | £9.57 | £6.23 | £8.98 | +26.3% | 48M | 253 |
| 2024 | £7.08 | £7.66 | £6.38 | £7.11 | +0.4% | 62.1M | 254 |
| 2023 | £7.47 | £8.14 | £6.33 | £7.08 | -7.0% | 50.3M | 251 |
| 2022 | £9.88 | £9.92 | £6.57 | £7.61 | -22.6% | 39.1M | 250 |
| 2021 | £11.09 | £11.35 | £9.59 | £9.83 | -11.0% | 34.7M | 253 |
| 2020 | £8.20 | £11.19 | £5.14 | £11.03 | +34.6% | 50.8M | 254 |
| 2019 | £6.72 | £8.48 | £6.60 | £8.19 | +21.3% | 30.7M | 253 |
| 2018 | £8.20 | £8.85 | £6.60 | £6.76 | -18.1% | 41.1M | 253 |
| 2017 | £5.75 | £8.44 | £5.60 | £8.24 | +47.3% | 24.7M | 252 |
| 2016 | £4.69 | £6.00 | £3.85 | £5.60 | +18.4% | 23.6M | 253 |
| 2015 | £3.73 | £4.93 | £3.72 | £4.73 | +25.5% | 22.5M | 253 |
| 2014 | £3.73 | £3.92 | £3.13 | £3.77 | +0.8% | 22.3M | 253 |
| 2013 | £2.12 | £3.74 | £2.11 | £3.74 | +78.3% | 44.6M | 253 |
| 2012 | £1.95 | £2.12 | £1.84 | £2.10 | +11.0% | 12.9M | 251 |
| 2011 | £1.98 | £2.15 | £1.62 | £1.89 | -4.7% | 20M | 252 |
| 2010 | £1.53 | £1.99 | £1.49 | £1.98 | +31.3% | 17.1M | 253 |
| 2009 | £1.42 | £1.63 | £1.03 | £1.51 | +5.2% | 19.4M | 253 |
| 2008 | £1.79 | £1.94 | £1.05 | £1.43 | -20.9% | 20M | 254 |
| 2007 | £2.25 | £2.49 | £1.69 | £1.81 | -18.6% | 39.9M | 253 |
| 2006 | £2.96 | £2.99 | £2.06 | £2.23 | -23.4% | 47M | 252 |
| 2005 | £1.53 | £2.92 | £1.49 | £2.91 | +90.7% | 46.1M | 260 |
| 2004 | £1.35 | £1.89 | £1.33 | £1.53 | +13.8% | 48.7M | 262 |
| 2003 | £0.8145 | £1.52 | £0.7795 | £1.34 | +64.7% | 36.5M | 261 |
| 2002 | £1.06 | £1.29 | £0.7995 | £0.8145 | -23.1% | 38.8M | 261 |
| 2001 | £1.74 | £1.86 | £1.04 | £1.06 | -39.1% | 39.9M | 261 |
| 2000 | £2.69 | £2.73 | £1.69 | £1.74 | -35.4% | 32.6M | 260 |
| 1999 | £0.8514 | £2.69 | £0.8394 | £2.69 | +215.9% | 22.4M | 261 |
| 1998 | £0.8694 | £0.9793 | £0.6736 | £0.8514 | -2.1% | 322.4M | 261 |
| 1997 | £0.9823 | £1.23 | £0.7995 | £0.8694 | -11.5% | 493.6M | 261 |
| 1996 | £1.40 | £1.48 | £0.9704 | £0.9823 | -29.9% | 215.9M | 262 |
| 1995 | £1.30 | £1.41 | £1.08 | £1.40 | +8.0% | 1.1B | 260 |
| 1994 | £1.40 | £1.59 | £1.25 | £1.30 | -7.5% | 63.4M | 260 |
| 1993 | £0.9034 | £1.53 | £0.8774 | £1.40 | +55.3% | 13.3M | 261 |
| 1992 | £1.11 | £1.13 | £0.6676 | £0.9034 | -18.4% | 11.2M | 262 |
| 1991 | £0.9354 | £1.32 | £0.8654 | £1.11 | +18.4% | 94.2M | 261 |
| 1990 | £1.43 | £1.43 | £0.8634 | £0.9354 | -34.6% | 0 | 261 |
| 1989 | £0.9833 | £1.44 | £0.9833 | £1.43 | +45.5% | 0 | 260 |
| 1988 | £0.7495 | £1.04 | £0.7475 | £0.9833 | +31.2% | 0 | 261 |
| 1987 | £0.7775 | £0.9654 | £0.6556 | £0.7495 | -3.6% | 0 | 261 |
| 1986 | £0.5576 | £0.8834 | £0.5496 | £0.7775 | +38.4% | 0 | 261 |
| 1985 | £0.5796 | £0.6375 | £0.4597 | £0.5616 | -3.1% | 0 | 261 |
| 1984 | £0.4377 | £0.6116 | £0.4297 | £0.5796 | +32.4% | 0 | 261 |
| 1983 | £0.2138 | £0.4377 | £0.2138 | £0.4377 | +104.7% | 0 | 260 |
| 1982 | £0.1938 | £0.2138 | £0.1419 | £0.2138 | +10.3% | 0 | 261 |
| 1981 | £0.1938 | £0.1938 | £0.1938 | £0.1938 | n/a | 0 | 1 |
BGFD monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £10.74 | -0.4% |
| August 2026 | £10.78 | +4.1% |
| July 2026 | £10.36 | +5.2% |
| June 2026 | £9.85 | -0.8% |
| May 2026 | £9.93 | +8.2% |
| April 2026 | £9.18 | +9.5% |
| March 2026 | £8.38 | -11.4% |
| February 2026 | £9.46 | +4.6% |
| January 2026 | £9.04 | +0.7% |
| December 2025 | £8.98 | +0.6% |
| November 2025 | £8.93 | -4.5% |
| October 2025 | £9.35 | +1.0% |
About the BGFD data
Daily bars. 11,502 sessions from Dec 31, 1981 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 Dec 31, 1981, 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/BGFD/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on LSE
Common questions
BGFD share price history
