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Relx PLC (REL) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Relx PLC from Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026: 9,806 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.

REL adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

RELRelx PLC
£24.80-28.9% over one year
1990200020102020
£41.33
All time high, 2025
£35.68
52 week high, £19.90 low
9,806
Daily sessions since 1988

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.

REL key facts

  • Relx PLC (REL) closed at £24.80 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • REL's all time high close is £41.33, set on Feb 13, 2025; its all time low close is £1.45 on Sep 28, 1990.
  • REL's 52 week range is £19.90 to £35.68.
  • REL returned -28.9% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +16.8% over five years.
  • Over ten years REL returned +71%, +5.5% a year compounded.
  • REL's deepest drawdown was -52.0% from Mar 3, 1998 to Oct 25, 1999.
  • DataCedar holds 9,806 daily sessions of REL history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

REL price chart, 1988 to 2026

REL adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026£1.50£4.52£13.64£41.1219901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

REL returns

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

PeriodReturn
1 month-7.2%
3 months+5.0%
6 months+3.7%
Year to date-18.6%
1 year-28.9%
3 years-10.2%
5 years+16.8%
10 years+70.8%
Since Jul 1, 1988+1,287%
Compound annual growth, 38.2 years+7.1%

REL records

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

All time high close
£41.33 on Feb 13, 2025
All time low close
£1.45 on Sep 28, 1990
52 week high
£35.68 on Sep 30, 2025
52 week low
£19.90 on Feb 12, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-52.0% from Mar 3, 1998 to Oct 25, 1999, recovered Jul 31, 2013
Best single session
+37.0% on May 6, 1997
Worst single session
-16.6% on Dec 31, 1998
Volatility, 1 year annualised
36.1%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
45%
Growth of 1 since 1988
13.9×
Best calendar year
2000, +52%
Worst calendar year
2008, -37%

REL 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. 1988 starts on Jul 1, 1988; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£30.19£32.09£19.90£24.80-17.9%1.2B187
2025£36.20£42.03£29.68£30.19-16.8%996.6M253
2024£31.08£37.95£30.43£36.27+16.7%928.9M254
2023£22.89£32.04£22.75£31.08+36.0%947.2M251
2022£23.93£24.71£20.54£22.86-4.7%1.1B250
2021£18.16£26.32£14.83£24.00+34.0%754.6M253
2020£19.03£21.06£13.81£17.90-5.9%1.1B254
2019£15.92£20.24£15.68£19.03+17.9%1.1B253
2018£17.35£17.47£13.96£16.14-7.0%1.4B253
2017£14.51£17.80£13.94£17.36+20.0%689.3M252
2016£11.84£15.11£6.30£14.46+21.1%766.9M253
2015£11.02£12.29£9.86£11.94+8.8%916.1M253
2014£8.94£11.20£8.49£10.97+22.4%746.4M253
2013£6.45£8.99£6.37£8.96+40.1%760.1M253
2012£5.26£6.60£4.65£6.40+23.7%1.1B251
2011£5.36£5.91£4.44£5.17-4.1%1B252
2010£5.07£5.64£4.56£5.39+5.9%1.2B253
2009£5.04£5.67£4.02£5.09+1.2%1.7B253
2008£7.93£8.11£4.35£5.03-37.4%1.7B254
2007£6.63£10.76£6.47£8.03+21.3%2.1B253
2006£6.44£10.69£4.18£6.62+2.7%1.7B252
2005£5.68£6.77£5.58£6.45+13.7%1.6B260
2004£5.52£7.23£3.71£5.68+2.9%1.7B262
2003£6.28£8.92£2.85£5.52-12.2%2B261
2002£6.73£9.99£3.21£6.28-6.7%1.7B261
2001£8.26£8.26£5.81£6.73-18.6%1.7B261
2000£5.45£8.26£4.59£8.26+51.7%1.5B260
1999£4.60£7.40£4.04£5.45+18.3%1.2B261
1998£7.16£8.41£4.60£4.60-35.8%859.5M261
1997£4.85£7.60£4.48£7.16+47.7%975.7M261
1996£4.32£5.33£4.32£4.85+12.2%1.1B262
1995£3.51£4.60£3.14£4.32+23.1%1.3B260
1994£3.94£4.22£3.18£3.51-10.9%0260
1993£2.82£3.99£2.74£3.94+39.8%0261
1992£2.33£2.87£1.97£2.82+21.2%0262
1991£1.66£2.33£1.52£2.33+40.3%0261
1990£1.95£2.08£1.45£1.66-15.1%0261
1989£1.63£2.05£1.59£1.95+20.0%0260
1988£1.79£2.06£1.50£1.63n/a0131

REL monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£24.80-7.2%
August 2026£26.72+2.5%
July 2026£26.07+10.2%
June 2026£23.66-3.4%
May 2026£24.50-8.6%
April 2026£26.81+8.3%
March 2026£24.75-4.2%
February 2026£25.83+0.2%
January 2026£25.78-14.6%
December 2025£30.19-0.4%
November 2025£30.30-9.7%
October 2025£33.56-5.6%

About the REL data

Daily bars. 9,806 sessions from Jul 1, 1988 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 Jul 1, 1988, 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/REL/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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