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City of London Ord (CTY) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of City of London Ord from Jan 1, 1970 to Sep 28, 2026: 14,632 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.

CTY adjusted close, 1970 to 2026

CTYCity of London Ord
£5.81+16.0% over one year
19801990200020102020
£5.97
All time high, 2026
£5.99
52 week high, £4.98 low
14,632
Daily sessions since 1970

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1970 to 2026 series and minute bars.

CTY key facts

  • City of London Ord (CTY) closed at £5.81 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • CTY's all time high close is £5.97, set on Aug 7, 2026; its all time low close is £0.0539 on Dec 31, 1974.
  • CTY's 52 week range is £4.98 to £5.99.
  • CTY returned +16.0% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +52.3% over five years.
  • Over ten years CTY returned +44%, +3.7% a year compounded.
  • CTY's deepest drawdown was -67.6% from Dec 28, 1972 to Dec 31, 1974.
  • DataCedar holds 14,632 daily sessions of CTY history from Jan 1, 1970 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

CTY price chart, 1970 to 2026

CTY adjusted close, Jan 1, 1970 to Sep 28, 2026£0.0563£0.2641£1.24£5.81197019801990200020102020
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

CTY returns

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

PeriodReturn
1 month-1.7%
3 months+2.5%
6 months+9.6%
Year to date+9.9%
1 year+16.0%
3 years+47.1%
5 years+52.3%
10 years+44.5%
Since Jan 1, 1970+6,327%
Compound annual growth, 56.7 years+7.6%

CTY records

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

All time high close
£5.97 on Aug 7, 2026
All time low close
£0.0539 on Dec 31, 1974
52 week high
£5.99 on Jul 30, 2026
52 week low
£4.98 on Nov 21, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-67.6% from Dec 28, 1972 to Dec 31, 1974, recovered Mar 30, 1979
Best single session
+59.1% on Jan 31, 1975
Worst single session
-31.8% on Oct 26, 1987
Volatility, 1 year annualised
13.4%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
48%
Growth of 1 since 1970
64.3×
Best calendar year
1975, +114%
Worst calendar year
1974, -45%

CTY 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. 1970 starts on Jan 1, 1970; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£5.29£5.99£5.12£5.81+10.1%175.7M187
2025£4.30£5.33£3.82£5.28+22.6%219.1M253
2024£4.10£4.54£3.87£4.31+5.3%199.2M254
2023£4.09£4.31£3.71£4.09-0.2%218.6M251
2022£3.95£4.26£3.63£4.10+4.2%222.7M250
2021£3.73£4.03£3.47£3.93+6.4%216.4M253
2020£4.43£4.47£2.68£3.69-16.4%272.3M254
2019£3.77£4.45£3.72£4.42+15.2%175.8M253
2018£4.38£4.43£3.73£3.84-12.3%132.3M253
2017£4.06£4.96£3.91£4.37+8.2%103.5M252
2016£3.85£4.18£3.37£4.04+5.0%120.7M253
2015£3.79£4.16£3.57£3.85+2.0%97.3M253
2014£3.74£3.88£3.43£3.77+0.4%90.7M253
2013£3.18£3.77£3.17£3.76+19.3%70.6M253
2012£2.87£3.18£2.73£3.15+11.4%62.5M251
2011£2.94£3.06£2.43£2.83-2.4%56.5M252
2010£2.44£2.94£2.28£2.90+18.8%60.6M253
2009£2.12£2.46£1.65£2.44+17.2%79.9M253
2008£2.80£2.92£1.76£2.08-25.0%70.9M254
2007£3.06£3.18£2.72£2.78-7.9%66.5M253
2006£2.57£3.07£2.38£3.02+18.0%63M252
2005£2.17£2.57£2.01£2.56+17.8%60.6M260
2004£1.97£2.18£1.76£2.17+10.2%59.5M262
2003£1.81£2.05£1.50£1.97+9.1%46.6M261
2002£2.31£2.55£1.73£1.81-22.0%42.6M261
2001£2.40£2.45£1.85£2.31-3.4%0261
2000£2.62£2.62£2.06£2.40-8.7%0260
1999£2.50£2.79£2.42£2.62+5.0%0261
1998£2.32£2.77£2.03£2.50+7.8%0261
1997£1.74£2.41£1.74£2.32+33.1%0261
1996£1.68£1.74£1.50£1.74+3.6%0262
1995£1.46£1.69£1.38£1.68+15.6%0260
1994£1.63£1.74£1.34£1.46-10.8%0260
1993£1.28£1.64£1.25£1.63+27.8%0261
1992£1.10£1.28£0.9663£1.28+16.2%0262
1991£0.9489£1.20£0.8869£1.10+16.8%0261
1990£0.9997£1.04£0.8325£0.9410-5.9%0261
1989£0.7482£1.01£0.7433£0.9997+33.6%0260
1988£0.6593£0.7630£0.6397£0.7482+13.5%0261
1987£0.6100£0.9447£0.6100£0.6593+8.1%0261
1986£0.4917£0.6100£0.4770£0.6100+24.0%0261
1985£0.3834£0.5015£0.3834£0.4917+28.3%0261
1984£0.2898£0.3834£0.2898£0.3834+32.3%0261
1983£0.2406£0.2898£0.2406£0.2898+20.5%0260
1982£0.1841£0.2406£0.1816£0.2406+30.7%0261
1981£0.1864£0.2085£0.1644£0.1841-1.3%0261
1980£0.1471£0.2036£0.1471£0.1864+26.7%0262
1979£0.1494£0.1911£0.1421£0.1471-1.6%0261
1978£0.1543£0.1641£0.1347£0.1494-3.1%0260
1977£0.0955£0.1592£0.0955£0.1543+61.6%0260
1976£0.1151£0.1273£0.0710£0.0955-17.0%0262
1975£0.0539£0.1200£0.0539£0.1151+113.6%0261
1974£0.0979£0.0979£0.0539£0.0539-45.0%0261
1973£0.1518£0.1518£0.0979£0.0979-35.5%0261
1972£0.1408£0.1665£0.1396£0.1518+7.8%0260
1971£0.0995£0.1410£0.0995£0.1408+41.5%0261
1970£0.0904£0.0999£0.0904£0.0995n/a0261

CTY monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£5.81-1.7%
August 2026£5.91-0.3%
July 2026£5.93+4.8%
June 2026£5.66+0.5%
May 2026£5.63+2.4%
April 2026£5.50+2.2%
March 2026£5.38-7.9%
February 2026£5.84+6.4%
January 2026£5.49+4.0%
December 2025£5.28+0.6%
November 2025£5.25+2.9%
October 2025£5.10+0.6%

About the CTY data

Daily bars. 14,632 sessions from Jan 1, 1970 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 Jan 1, 1970, 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/CTY/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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