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The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord (GSCT) stock price history
Every LSE trading session of The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord from Jan 1, 1970 to Sep 29, 2026: 14,633 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.
GSCT adjusted close, 1970 to 2026
- £1.98
- All time high, 2026
- £1.99
- 52 week high, £1.63 low
- 14,633
- Daily sessions since 1970
Last updated Sep 29, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1970 to 2026 series and minute bars.
GSCT key facts
- The Global Smaller Companies Trust Ord (GSCT) closed at £1.90 on Sep 29, 2026 on LSE.
- GSCT's all time high close is £1.98, set on Jul 1, 2026; its all time low close is £0.0039 on Oct 31, 1974.
- GSCT's 52 week range is £1.63 to £1.99.
- GSCT returned +12.4% over the year to Sep 29, 2026 and +12.5% over five years.
- Over ten years GSCT returned +64%, +5.1% a year compounded.
- GSCT's deepest drawdown was -70.9% from Dec 28, 1972 to Oct 31, 1974.
- DataCedar holds 14,633 daily sessions of GSCT history from Jan 1, 1970 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
GSCT price chart, 1970 to 2026
GSCT returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 29, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -1.8% |
| 3 months | -2.3% |
| 6 months | +9.6% |
| Year to date | +7.7% |
| 1 year | +12.4% |
| 3 years | +35.0% |
| 5 years | +12.5% |
| 10 years | +63.9% |
| Since Jan 1, 1970 | +19,165% |
| Compound annual growth, 56.7 years | +9.7% |
GSCT records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- £1.98 on Jul 1, 2026
- All time low close
- £0.0039 on Oct 31, 1974
- 52 week high
- £1.99 on Aug 18, 2026
- 52 week low
- £1.63 on Nov 21, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -70.9% from Dec 28, 1972 to Oct 31, 1974, recovered Aug 31, 1978
- Best single session
- +68.9% on Sep 29, 1972
- Worst single session
- -41.6% on Sep 1, 1972
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 12.1%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 50%
- Growth of 1 since 1970
- 193×
- Best calendar year
- 1975, +136%
- Worst calendar year
- 1974, -50%
GSCT 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 29, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £1.76 | £1.99 | £1.69 | £1.90 | +7.4% | 99.9M | 188 |
| 2025 | £1.64 | £1.79 | £1.32 | £1.77 | +8.6% | 149.2M | 253 |
| 2024 | £1.48 | £1.73 | £1.42 | £1.63 | +10.3% | 162.8M | 254 |
| 2023 | £1.44 | £1.63 | £1.28 | £1.48 | +2.7% | 118.9M | 251 |
| 2022 | £1.74 | £1.77 | £1.22 | £1.44 | -16.9% | 128.4M | 250 |
| 2021 | £1.46 | £1.75 | £1.37 | £1.73 | +19.6% | 138.9M | 253 |
| 2020 | £1.47 | £1.50 | £0.7657 | £1.45 | -0.1% | 204.5M | 254 |
| 2019 | £1.22 | £1.49 | £1.21 | £1.45 | +18.5% | 160.3M | 253 |
| 2018 | £1.39 | £1.50 | £1.22 | £1.22 | -11.7% | 146.2M | 253 |
| 2017 | £1.25 | £1.39 | £1.21 | £1.39 | +12.0% | 70.3M | 252 |
| 2016 | £0.9835 | £1.25 | £0.8578 | £1.24 | +24.5% | 54.4M | 253 |
| 2015 | £0.8986 | £1.03 | £0.8737 | £0.9935 | +9.8% | 56.4M | 253 |
| 2014 | £0.8501 | £0.9091 | £0.7798 | £0.9051 | +7.1% | 67.6M | 253 |
| 2013 | £0.6569 | £0.8533 | £0.6529 | £0.8451 | +30.0% | 79.3M | 253 |
| 2012 | £0.5440 | £0.6555 | £0.5380 | £0.6499 | +21.9% | 48.8M | 251 |
| 2011 | £0.5419 | £0.6597 | £0.4794 | £0.5330 | -0.6% | 37M | 252 |
| 2010 | £0.3957 | £0.5419 | £0.3797 | £0.5365 | +33.1% | 63.8M | 253 |
| 2009 | £0.2914 | £0.4151 | £0.2180 | £0.4032 | +34.9% | 51.2M | 253 |
| 2008 | £0.3910 | £0.4061 | £0.2195 | £0.2989 | -23.0% | 45.2M | 254 |
| 2007 | £0.4270 | £0.4828 | £0.3671 | £0.3881 | -10.1% | 135.5M | 253 |
| 2006 | £0.3692 | £0.4459 | £0.3531 | £0.4315 | +16.7% | 176.3M | 252 |
| 2005 | £0.2585 | £0.3710 | £0.2563 | £0.3698 | +43.0% | 988M | 260 |
| 2004 | £0.1919 | £0.2981 | £0.1904 | £0.2585 | +34.7% | 230.3M | 262 |
| 2003 | £0.1413 | £0.1939 | £0.1226 | £0.1919 | +35.8% | 340.1M | 261 |
| 2002 | £0.2003 | £0.2227 | £0.1306 | £0.1413 | -29.5% | 182.7M | 261 |
| 2001 | £0.2501 | £0.2680 | £0.1515 | £0.2003 | -19.9% | 189.1M | 261 |
| 2000 | £0.2523 | £0.3039 | £0.2451 | £0.2501 | -0.9% | 135.2M | 260 |
| 1999 | £0.1621 | £0.2523 | £0.1614 | £0.2523 | +55.6% | 330M | 261 |
| 1998 | £0.1781 | £0.2248 | £0.1404 | £0.1621 | -9.0% | 82.7M | 261 |
| 1997 | £0.1673 | £0.1850 | £0.1666 | £0.1781 | +6.4% | 0 | 261 |
| 1996 | £0.1713 | £0.1986 | £0.1673 | £0.1673 | -2.3% | 0 | 262 |
| 1995 | £0.1598 | £0.1752 | £0.1528 | £0.1713 | +7.2% | 0 | 260 |
| 1994 | £0.1742 | £0.1906 | £0.1588 | £0.1598 | -8.0% | 0 | 260 |
| 1993 | £0.1160 | £0.1742 | £0.1160 | £0.1737 | +49.8% | 0 | 261 |
| 1992 | £0.0935 | £0.1164 | £0.0786 | £0.1160 | +24.6% | 0 | 262 |
| 1991 | £0.0692 | £0.1025 | £0.0642 | £0.0930 | +34.6% | 0 | 261 |
| 1990 | £0.0860 | £0.0915 | £0.0682 | £0.0692 | -19.6% | 0 | 261 |
| 1989 | £0.0647 | £0.0900 | £0.0647 | £0.0860 | +33.1% | 0 | 260 |
| 1988 | £0.0547 | £0.0726 | £0.0547 | £0.0647 | +18.2% | 0 | 261 |
| 1987 | £0.0641 | £0.0915 | £0.0547 | £0.0547 | -14.7% | 0 | 261 |
| 1986 | £0.0452 | £0.0641 | £0.0452 | £0.0641 | +41.8% | 0 | 261 |
| 1985 | £0.0432 | £0.0462 | £0.0378 | £0.0452 | +4.6% | 0 | 261 |
| 1984 | £0.0363 | £0.0432 | £0.0358 | £0.0432 | +19.2% | 0 | 261 |
| 1983 | £0.0273 | £0.0363 | £0.0273 | £0.0363 | +32.8% | 0 | 260 |
| 1982 | £0.0236 | £0.0273 | £0.0216 | £0.0273 | +15.8% | 0 | 261 |
| 1981 | £0.0202 | £0.0276 | £0.0202 | £0.0236 | +17.0% | 0 | 261 |
| 1980 | £0.0120 | £0.0212 | £0.0120 | £0.0202 | +67.5% | 0 | 262 |
| 1979 | £0.0124 | £0.0149 | £0.0118 | £0.0120 | -2.9% | 0 | 261 |
| 1978 | £0.0112 | £0.0140 | £0.0096 | £0.0124 | +11.1% | 0 | 260 |
| 1977 | £0.0083 | £0.0115 | £0.0083 | £0.0112 | +34.3% | 0 | 260 |
| 1976 | £0.0091 | £0.0099 | £0.0061 | £0.0083 | -9.1% | 0 | 262 |
| 1975 | £0.0039 | £0.0093 | £0.0039 | £0.0091 | +135.9% | 0 | 261 |
| 1974 | £0.0077 | £0.0081 | £0.0039 | £0.0039 | -49.9% | 0 | 261 |
| 1973 | £0.0131 | £0.0131 | £0.0077 | £0.0077 | -41.0% | 0 | 261 |
| 1972 | £0.0119 | £0.0133 | £0.0070 | £0.0131 | +10.1% | 0 | 260 |
| 1971 | £0.0097 | £0.0119 | £0.0097 | £0.0119 | +22.3% | 0 | 261 |
| 1970 | £0.0099 | £0.0099 | £0.0097 | £0.0097 | n/a | 0 | 261 |
GSCT monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £1.90 | -1.8% |
| August 2026 | £1.93 | +0.8% |
| July 2026 | £1.92 | -1.6% |
| June 2026 | £1.95 | +2.7% |
| May 2026 | £1.90 | +1.0% |
| April 2026 | £1.88 | +7.2% |
| March 2026 | £1.75 | -9.1% |
| February 2026 | £1.93 | +6.0% |
| January 2026 | £1.82 | +2.8% |
| December 2025 | £1.77 | +4.5% |
| November 2025 | £1.69 | +0.5% |
| October 2025 | £1.69 | -0.1% |
About the GSCT data
Daily bars. 14,633 sessions from Jan 1, 1970 to Sep 29, 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/GSCT/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on LSE
Common questions
GSCT share price history
