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Rio Tinto Group (RIO) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Rio Tinto Group from Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026: 9,805 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.

RIO adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

RIORio Tinto Group
£70.59+46.2% over one year
1990200020102020
£83.06
All time high, 2026
£91.15
52 week high, £48.32 low
9,805
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.

RIO key facts

  • Rio Tinto Group (RIO) closed at £70.59 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • RIO's all time high close is £83.06, set on Jun 2, 2026; its all time low close is £3.17 on Dec 13, 1988.
  • RIO's 52 week range is £48.32 to £91.15.
  • RIO returned +46.2% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +48.3% over five years.
  • Over ten years RIO returned +182%, +10.9% a year compounded.
  • RIO's deepest drawdown was -85.2% from May 19, 2008 to Dec 5, 2008.
  • DataCedar holds 9,805 daily sessions of RIO history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

RIO price chart, 1988 to 2026

RIO adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026£3.40£9.58£26.97£75.9219901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

RIO returns

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

PeriodReturn
1 month-8.0%
3 months-1.5%
6 months+7.9%
Year to date+17.2%
1 year+46.2%
3 years+36.4%
5 years+48.3%
10 years+181.6%
Since Jul 1, 1988+1,965%
Compound annual growth, 38.2 years+8.2%

RIO records

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

All time high close
£83.06 on Jun 2, 2026
All time low close
£3.17 on Dec 13, 1988
52 week high
£91.15 on May 27, 2026
52 week low
£48.32 on Sep 30, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-85.2% from May 19, 2008 to Dec 5, 2008, recovered Jan 6, 2021
Best single session
+21.7% on Nov 8, 2007
Worst single session
-36.7% on Nov 25, 2008
Volatility, 1 year annualised
27.9%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
54%
Growth of 1 since 1988
20.7×
Best calendar year
2009, +175%
Worst calendar year
2008, -72%

RIO 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£59.92£91.15£56.28£70.59+17.8%565.2M187
2025£47.64£60.44£40.22£59.91+27.0%718.5M252
2024£58.67£58.89£45.04£47.18-19.1%823.4M254
2023£58.04£63.91£45.02£58.32+0.8%840.8M251
2022£49.04£63.22£44.14£57.84+18.6%866.9M250
2021£55.58£68.49£43.39£48.75-10.5%738.3M253
2020£44.96£57.45£29.40£54.45+21.6%813.5M254
2019£36.28£50.11£35.64£44.80+20.9%874.3M253
2018£39.16£45.11£34.39£37.07-5.3%1.3B253
2017£31.45£41.98£28.62£39.15+24.9%1.1B252
2016£19.45£33.16£15.45£31.35+59.6%1.3B253
2015£29.93£32.52£18.28£19.64-34.0%1.3B253
2014£33.75£36.48£25.78£29.75-12.0%1.1B253
2013£35.73£38.37£25.56£33.79-2.9%1B253
2012£32.20£39.91£26.24£34.79+12.4%1.3B251
2011£45.70£46.72£26.11£30.95-30.3%1.3B252
2010£33.19£45.76£27.24£44.43+32.4%1.6B253
2009£12.36£34.03£11.01£33.56+175.5%2.2B253
2008£43.34£58.60£8.14£12.18-72.0%2.2B254
2007£22.40£48.48£20.45£43.47+95.7%3.3B253
2006£21.87£27.68£18.96£22.22+2.4%3.1B252
2005£12.52£21.88£11.93£21.69+73.2%2B260
2004£12.60£12.94£9.65£12.52-0.6%1.9B262
2003£10.12£12.73£8.80£12.60+24.5%1.8B261
2002£10.74£12.34£7.75£10.12-5.7%1.6B261
2001£9.61£12.13£7.21£10.74+11.8%1.4B261
2000£12.19£12.27£7.14£9.61-21.2%1.2B260
1999£5.70£12.23£5.28£12.19+114.0%1.1B261
1998£6.10£7.32£4.36£5.70-6.6%862.1M261
1997£7.63£9.21£5.58£6.10-20.0%851.7M261
1996£7.62£8.80£6.88£7.63+0.1%722.5M262
1995£6.73£7.94£5.87£7.62+13.2%404.5M260
1994£6.61£7.36£6.59£6.73+1.9%666.7M260
1993£5.56£6.62£4.97£6.61+18.8%561.1M261
1992£3.84£5.56£3.84£5.56+44.8%506.6M262
1991£3.67£4.91£3.30£3.84+4.7%497.2M261
1990£4.73£4.88£3.21£3.67-22.4%450.3M261
1989£3.39£4.79£3.39£4.73+39.7%0260
1988£3.42£3.74£3.17£3.39n/a0131

RIO monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£70.59-8.0%
August 2026£76.74+7.0%
July 2026£71.73+0.7%
June 2026£71.21-10.6%
May 2026£79.66+8.4%
April 2026£73.46+5.8%
March 2026£69.43-5.3%
February 2026£73.32+8.9%
January 2026£67.35+12.4%
December 2025£59.91+10.5%
November 2025£54.19-1.2%
October 2025£54.83+12.2%

About the RIO data

Daily bars. 9,805 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/RIO/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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