NYSE American · AEF · stock
abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. (AEF) stock price history
Every NYSE American trading session of abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. from Sep 26, 1989 to Nov 12, 2026: 9,261 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 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.
AEF adjusted close, 1989 to 2026
- $10.05
- All time high, 2026
- $10.07
- 52 week high, $5.94 low
- 9,261
- Daily sessions since 1989
Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1989 to 2026 series and minute bars.
AEF key facts
- abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. (AEF) closed at $7.95 on Nov 12, 2026 on NYSE American.
- AEF's all time high close is $10.05, set on Sep 9, 2026; its all time low close is $0.1821 on Sep 26, 1990.
- AEF's 52 week range is $5.94 to $10.07.
- AEF returned +25.4% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and +41.3% over five years.
- Over ten years AEF returned +163%, +10.1% a year compounded.
- AEF's deepest drawdown was -63.4% from Dec 31, 2007 to Oct 10, 2008.
- DataCedar holds 9,261 daily sessions of AEF history from Sep 26, 1989 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
AEF price chart, 1989 to 2026
AEF returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -13.7% |
| 3 months | -15.1% |
| 6 months | -15.0% |
| Year to date | +19.0% |
| 1 year | +25.4% |
| 3 years | +117.9% |
| 5 years | +41.3% |
| 10 years | +162.9% |
| Since Sep 26, 1989 | +2,931% |
| Compound annual growth, 37.1 years | +9.6% |
AEF records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $10.05 on Sep 9, 2026
- All time low close
- $0.1821 on Sep 26, 1990
- 52 week high
- $10.07 on Sep 9, 2026
- 52 week low
- $5.94 on Nov 21, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -63.4% from Dec 31, 2007 to Oct 10, 2008, recovered Jan 8, 2010
- Best single session
- +23.0% on Oct 13, 2008
- Worst single session
- -14.1% on Sep 22, 2011
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 33.2%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 54%
- Growth of 1 since 1989
- 30.3×
- Best calendar year
- 2003, +102%
- Worst calendar year
- 2008, -51%
AEF 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. 1989 starts on Sep 26, 1989; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $6.74 | $10.07 | $6.72 | $7.95 | +19.5% | 33.7M | 218 |
| 2025 | $4.44 | $6.75 | $3.89 | $6.65 | +50.2% | 42.5M | 250 |
| 2024 | $3.98 | $4.89 | $3.74 | $4.43 | +9.4% | 21.4M | 251 |
| 2023 | $3.79 | $4.28 | $3.42 | $4.05 | +7.1% | 14.5M | 243 |
| 2022 | $5.42 | $5.59 | $3.07 | $3.78 | -29.6% | 14.5M | 249 |
| 2021 | $5.22 | $5.95 | $5.07 | $5.37 | +3.3% | 13.4M | 251 |
| 2020 | $4.65 | $5.23 | $2.73 | $5.20 | +11.6% | 16.6M | 252 |
| 2019 | $3.79 | $4.71 | $3.77 | $4.65 | +22.8% | 21.1M | 252 |
| 2018 | $4.52 | $4.88 | $3.57 | $3.79 | -16.2% | 31.7M | 249 |
| 2017 | $2.97 | $4.53 | $2.91 | $4.52 | +53.8% | 8.5M | 251 |
| 2016 | $2.52 | $3.23 | $2.26 | $2.94 | +14.6% | 6.9M | 252 |
| 2015 | $3.07 | $3.32 | $2.43 | $2.57 | -16.8% | 6.7M | 252 |
| 2014 | $3.92 | $4.78 | $2.96 | $3.08 | -21.3% | 11.3M | 250 |
| 2013 | $5.08 | $5.46 | $3.73 | $3.92 | -21.9% | 9.6M | 251 |
| 2012 | $4.58 | $5.99 | $4.24 | $5.02 | +10.9% | 11.5M | 250 |
| 2011 | $5.85 | $5.99 | $3.59 | $4.53 | -23.0% | 16.5M | 250 |
| 2010 | $4.05 | $6.28 | $3.27 | $5.88 | +49.0% | 11.4M | 252 |
| 2009 | $2.01 | $3.96 | $1.86 | $3.95 | +95.0% | 4.2M | 252 |
| 2008 | $4.09 | $4.18 | $1.36 | $2.02 | -51.2% | 7.3M | 248 |
| 2007 | $2.83 | $4.24 | $2.71 | $4.15 | +46.7% | 7M | 249 |
| 2006 | $2.84 | $3.02 | $2.08 | $2.83 | +2.4% | 6.5M | 250 |
| 2005 | $1.70 | $2.78 | $1.62 | $2.76 | +62.7% | 5.5M | 251 |
| 2004 | $1.47 | $1.70 | $1.10 | $1.70 | +16.4% | 4.5M | 252 |
| 2003 | $0.7245 | $1.49 | $0.6805 | $1.46 | +101.5% | 8.4M | 251 |
| 2002 | $0.8221 | $0.9228 | $0.6081 | $0.7245 | -12.9% | 3.8M | 251 |
| 2001 | $0.7469 | $0.8787 | $0.6358 | $0.8320 | +12.2% | 8M | 245 |
| 2000 | $0.9946 | $1.11 | $0.7188 | $0.7414 | -24.6% | 10.9M | 237 |
| 1999 | $0.7569 | $1.05 | $0.6694 | $0.9837 | +31.7% | 11.2M | 242 |
| 1998 | $1.07 | $1.10 | $0.5431 | $0.7466 | -32.0% | 15.4M | 248 |
| 1997 | $1.07 | $1.41 | $0.9892 | $1.10 | +2.4% | 13.9M | 253 |
| 1996 | $1.25 | $1.33 | $0.9978 | $1.07 | -16.2% | 10.6M | 254 |
| 1995 | $1.09 | $1.35 | $0.7843 | $1.28 | +16.7% | 17.1M | 251 |
| 1994 | $1.04 | $1.32 | $0.9511 | $1.10 | +5.2% | 19.9M | 252 |
| 1993 | $0.7528 | $1.09 | $0.6569 | $1.04 | +39.4% | 18.7M | 250 |
| 1992 | $0.4907 | $0.8389 | $0.4881 | $0.7471 | +53.9% | 11.1M | 254 |
| 1991 | $0.2781 | $0.6685 | $0.2692 | $0.4856 | +74.6% | 12.9M | 245 |
| 1990 | $0.2586 | $0.3724 | $0.1821 | $0.2781 | +7.5% | 12.1M | 240 |
| 1989 | $0.2421 | $0.3168 | $0.2099 | $0.2586 | n/a | 11M | 63 |
AEF monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | $7.95 | -1.6% |
| October 2026 | $8.08 | -14.5% |
| September 2026 | $9.45 | -1.0% |
| August 2026 | $9.55 | +8.8% |
| July 2026 | $8.78 | -8.5% |
| June 2026 | $9.60 | -0.3% |
| May 2026 | $9.62 | +7.4% |
| April 2026 | $8.96 | +25.8% |
| March 2026 | $7.12 | -13.9% |
| February 2026 | $8.28 | +11.0% |
| January 2026 | $7.46 | +12.1% |
| December 2025 | $6.65 | +6.7% |
About the AEF data
Daily bars. 9,261 sessions from Sep 26, 1989 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per NYSE American 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 Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Nov 2, 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 NYSE American trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. 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 Sep 26, 1989, 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/nyse-american%3AAEF/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
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