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Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Ord (BGS) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Ord from Aug 30, 1985 to Sep 28, 2026: 10,546 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.

BGS adjusted close, 1985 to 2026

BGSBaillie Gifford Shin Nippon Ord
£1.74+29.9% over one year
1990200020102020
£2.70
All time high, 2020
£1.76
52 week high, £1.23 low
10,546
Daily sessions since 1985

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1985 to 2026 series and minute bars.

BGS key facts

  • Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Ord (BGS) closed at £1.74 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • BGS's all time high close is £2.70, set on Nov 9, 2020; its all time low close is £0.0775 on Oct 5, 1998.
  • BGS's 52 week range is £1.23 to £1.76.
  • BGS returned +29.9% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and -31.0% over five years.
  • Over ten years BGS returned +50%, +4.2% a year compounded.
  • BGS's deepest drawdown was -80.1% from Jan 31, 1994 to Oct 5, 1998.
  • DataCedar holds 10,546 daily sessions of BGS history from Aug 30, 1985 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

BGS price chart, 1985 to 2026

BGS adjusted close, Aug 30, 1985 to Sep 28, 2026£0.0830£0.2626£0.8310£2.631990200020102020
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

BGS returns

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

PeriodReturn
1 month-0.3%
3 months+8.1%
6 months+28.6%
Year to date+32.5%
1 year+29.9%
3 years+35.4%
5 years-31.0%
10 years+50.5%
Since Aug 30, 1985+1,873%
Compound annual growth, 41.1 years+7.5%

BGS records

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

All time high close
£2.70 on Nov 9, 2020
All time low close
£0.0775 on Oct 5, 1998
52 week high
£1.76 on Aug 17, 2026
52 week low
£1.23 on Nov 21, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-80.1% from Jan 31, 1994 to Oct 5, 1998, recovered Sep 9, 1999
Best single session
+16.9% on Aug 31, 1987
Worst single session
-26.2% on Oct 30, 1987
Volatility, 1 year annualised
20.7%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
51%
Growth of 1 since 1985
19.7×
Best calendar year
1999, +395%
Worst calendar year
2000, -53%

BGS 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. 1985 starts on Aug 30, 1985; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£1.31£1.76£1.30£1.74+32.1%156M187
2025£1.13£1.38£0.9140£1.31+16.9%201.9M253
2024£1.30£1.34£1.02£1.12-14.8%244.4M254
2023£1.52£1.64£1.15£1.32-14.1%136.4M251
2022£2.27£2.27£1.31£1.54-30.5%152.2M250
2021£2.69£2.70£2.16£2.21-17.2%150.2M253
2020£1.80£2.74£1.05£2.67+48.5%231.7M254
2019£1.61£1.94£1.60£1.80+10.3%127.7M253
2018£1.76£2.08£1.57£1.63-8.4%162.3M253
2017£1.17£1.78£1.15£1.78+53.8%94.2M252
2016£0.9038£1.23£0.7659£1.16+24.5%96.8M253
2015£0.6138£0.9378£0.6059£0.9291+49.9%65.8M253
2014£0.6209£0.6839£0.5649£0.6196-0.1%66.4M253
2013£0.3994£0.6844£0.3982£0.6204+55.5%142.8M253
2012£0.3196£0.4039£0.3139£0.3989+24.1%49M251
2011£0.3184£0.3639£0.2694£0.3214+0.5%35.8M252
2010£0.2310£0.3239£0.2270£0.3199+38.5%28.5M253
2009£0.1860£0.2645£0.1400£0.2310+24.2%51.1M253
2008£0.3029£0.3054£0.1445£0.1860-39.0%32.5M254
2007£0.3934£0.4469£0.2979£0.3049-22.1%53.5M253
2006£0.5674£0.6099£0.1260£0.3914-31.0%68.1M252
2005£0.2994£0.5709£0.2790£0.5674+89.5%65.1M260
2004£0.2430£0.3479£0.2430£0.2994+23.3%58.4M262
2003£0.1550£0.2740£0.1460£0.2430+56.8%76M261
2002£0.2260£0.2660£0.1520£0.1550-31.4%68.4M261
2001£0.2570£0.3239£0.2090£0.2260-12.1%76.4M261
2000£0.5489£0.5549£0.2520£0.2570-53.2%88.6M260
1999£0.1110£0.5499£0.1090£0.5489+394.6%166.9M261
1998£0.1110£0.1325£0.0770£0.11100.0%90.7M261
1997£0.1810£0.1980£0.1040£0.1110-38.7%43M261
1996£0.2630£0.2860£0.1810£0.1810-31.2%34.9M262
1995£0.2999£0.3019£0.2140£0.2630-12.3%45.4M260
1994£0.3019£0.3889£0.2840£0.2999-0.3%98M260
1993£0.1750£0.3399£0.1720£0.3009+72.0%60.5M261
1992£0.2320£0.2380£0.1160£0.1750-24.2%52.7M262
1991£0.1880£0.2820£0.1740£0.2310+23.5%72.8M261
1990£0.2580£0.2700£0.1860£0.1870-27.5%0261
1989£0.1700£0.2690£0.1690£0.2580+51.8%0260
1988£0.1240£0.1760£0.1240£0.1700+37.1%0261
1987£0.1260£0.1600£0.1160£0.1240-1.6%0261
1986£0.0940£0.1440£0.0940£0.1260+34.0%0261
1985£0.0880£0.0940£0.0880£0.0940n/a088

BGS monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£1.74-0.3%
August 2026£1.74+7.9%
July 2026£1.61-0.6%
June 2026£1.62-0.1%
May 2026£1.63+10.8%
April 2026£1.47+9.9%
March 2026£1.34-13.0%
February 2026£1.54+13.4%
January 2026£1.35+3.0%
December 2025£1.31+2.2%
November 2025£1.29+0.2%
October 2025£1.28-4.0%

About the BGS data

Daily bars. 10,546 sessions from Aug 30, 1985 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 Aug 30, 1985, 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/BGS/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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