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Shell plc (SHEL) stock price history
Every LSE trading session of Shell plc from Aug 29, 1996 to Sep 28, 2026: 7,677 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.
SHEL adjusted close, 1996 to 2026
- £63.23
- All time high, 1997
- £37.58
- 52 week high, £25.53 low
- 7,677
- Daily sessions since 1996
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1996 to 2026 series and minute bars.
SHEL key facts
- Shell plc (SHEL) closed at £36.55 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
- SHEL's all time high close is £63.23, set on Jun 27, 1997; its all time low close is £8.98 on Oct 28, 2020.
- SHEL's 52 week range is £25.53 to £37.58.
- SHEL returned +33.7% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +123.0% over five years.
- Over ten years SHEL returned +103%, +7.4% a year compounded.
- SHEL's deepest drawdown was -85.8% from Jun 30, 1997 to Oct 28, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 7,677 daily sessions of SHEL history from Aug 29, 1996 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
SHEL price chart, 1996 to 2026
SHEL returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +9.3% |
| 3 months | +26.1% |
| 6 months | +5.0% |
| Year to date | +33.8% |
| 1 year | +33.7% |
| 3 years | +37.5% |
| 5 years | +123.0% |
| 10 years | +103.4% |
| Since Aug 29, 1996 | -24.0% |
| Compound annual growth, 30.1 years | -0.9% |
SHEL records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- £63.23 on Jun 27, 1997
- All time low close
- £8.98 on Oct 28, 2020
- 52 week high
- £37.58 on Jun 4, 2026
- 52 week low
- £25.53 on Jan 8, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -85.8% from Jun 30, 1997 to Oct 28, 2020, not yet recovered
- Best single session
- +20.4% on Mar 24, 2020
- Worst single session
- -71.7% on Jul 1, 1997
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 23.2%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 55%
- Best calendar year
- 2016, +47%
- Worst calendar year
- 1997, -62%
SHEL 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. 1996 starts on Aug 29, 1996; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £27.41 | £37.58 | £25.53 | £36.55 | +33.4% | 2.1B | 187 |
| 2025 | £24.76 | £29.36 | £22.69 | £27.39 | +10.7% | 2.5B | 253 |
| 2024 | £25.79 | £29.58 | £23.42 | £24.74 | -3.7% | 3.6B | 254 |
| 2023 | £23.73 | £27.98 | £21.46 | £25.69 | +10.6% | 3.7B | 251 |
| 2022 | £16.55 | £25.53 | £16.52 | £23.23 | +43.5% | 6B | 250 |
| 2021 | £13.14 | £17.92 | £12.80 | £16.19 | +25.0% | 3.7B | 253 |
| 2020 | £22.30 | £23.32 | £8.76 | £12.95 | -41.9% | 3.7B | 254 |
| 2019 | £22.74 | £26.30 | £0.0304 | £22.29 | -3.1% | 2.2B | 253 |
| 2018 | £24.65 | £27.45 | £21.60 | £23.00 | -6.9% | 2B | 253 |
| 2017 | £22.33 | £25.06 | £19.74 | £24.70 | +10.7% | 1.4B | 252 |
| 2016 | £15.38 | £22.36 | £12.49 | £22.32 | +47.1% | 1.8B | 253 |
| 2015 | £21.61 | £22.03 | £14.08 | £15.18 | -29.1% | 1.7B | 253 |
| 2014 | £21.42 | £24.60 | £19.18 | £21.41 | -0.4% | 1.1B | 253 |
| 2013 | £21.17 | £23.07 | £19.62 | £21.49 | +2.0% | 795.1M | 253 |
| 2012 | £23.63 | £23.92 | £19.42 | £21.07 | -10.5% | 775.3M | 251 |
| 2011 | £21.57 | £23.63 | £17.49 | £23.53 | +10.9% | 767.8M | 252 |
| 2010 | £18.67 | £21.47 | £16.08 | £21.22 | +13.7% | 812.1M | 253 |
| 2009 | £17.94 | £19.27 | £13.50 | £18.66 | +4.3% | 971.7M | 253 |
| 2008 | £20.92 | £22.49 | £12.64 | £17.89 | -14.5% | 1.4B | 254 |
| 2007 | £17.81 | £21.31 | £15.95 | £20.91 | +18.3% | 1.9B | 253 |
| 2006 | £17.67 | £19.54 | £16.44 | £17.67 | +0.8% | 1.9B | 252 |
| 2005 | £14.80 | £18.74 | £14.57 | £17.53 | +18.1% | 925.5M | 260 |
| 2004 | £14.33 | £15.15 | £12.44 | £14.84 | +3.5% | 78.8M | 262 |
| 2003 | £13.13 | £14.51 | £11.33 | £14.33 | +9.2% | 213.7K | 261 |
| 2002 | £16.61 | £20.78 | £12.43 | £13.13 | -21.0% | 143.7K | 261 |
| 2001 | £20.98 | £22.21 | £15.18 | £16.61 | -20.8% | 259.8K | 261 |
| 2000 | £17.99 | £20.98 | £16.36 | £20.98 | +16.6% | 588.3K | 260 |
| 1999 | £14.09 | £20.54 | £12.09 | £17.99 | +27.7% | 7.3M | 261 |
| 1998 | £18.73 | £23.58 | £13.86 | £14.09 | -24.8% | 429.7M | 261 |
| 1997 | £49.81 | £63.52 | £15.75 | £18.73 | -62.4% | 409.3M | 261 |
| 1996 | £48.11 | £54.40 | £37.45 | £49.81 | n/a | 170.8M | 89 |
SHEL monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £36.55 | +9.3% |
| August 2026 | £33.45 | -1.1% |
| July 2026 | £33.83 | +15.4% |
| June 2026 | £29.33 | -5.9% |
| May 2026 | £31.18 | -6.2% |
| April 2026 | £33.25 | -7.2% |
| March 2026 | £35.82 | +16.6% |
| February 2026 | £30.73 | +10.0% |
| January 2026 | £27.93 | +2.0% |
| December 2025 | £27.39 | -1.6% |
| November 2025 | £27.83 | -2.2% |
| October 2025 | £28.46 | +7.6% |
About the SHEL data
Daily bars. 7,677 sessions from Aug 29, 1996 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 29, 1996, 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/SHEL/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on LSE
Common questions
SHEL share price history
