NYSE Arca · EWJ · ETF

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (EWJ) ETF price history

Every NYSE Arca trading session of iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund from Mar 18, 1996 to Nov 12, 2026: 7,667 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.

EWJ adjusted close, 1996 to 2026

EWJiShares MSCI Japan Index Fund
$91.47+13.1% over one year
200020052010201520202025
$99.32
All time high, 2026
$99.98
52 week high, $76.20 low
7,667
Daily sessions since 1996

Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1996 to 2026 series and minute bars.

EWJ key facts

  • iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (EWJ) closed at $91.47 on Nov 12, 2026 on NYSE Arca.
  • EWJ's all time high close is $99.32, set on Oct 6, 2026; its all time low close is $17.55 on Apr 25, 2003.
  • EWJ's 52 week range is $76.20 to $99.98.
  • EWJ returned +13.1% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and +47.0% over five years.
  • Over ten years EWJ returned +125%, +8.5% a year compounded.
  • EWJ's deepest drawdown was -58.9% from Mar 31, 2000 to Apr 25, 2003.
  • DataCedar holds 7,667 daily sessions of EWJ history from Mar 18, 1996 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

EWJ price chart, 1996 to 2026

EWJ adjusted close, Mar 18, 1996 to Nov 12, 2026$18.54$44.82$71.10$97.38200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

EWJ returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-6.0%
3 months-6.5%
6 months-0.1%
Year to date+13.6%
1 year+13.1%
3 years+65.0%
5 years+47.0%
10 years+125.5%
Since Mar 18, 1996+137.9%
Compound annual growth, 30.7 years+2.9%

EWJ records

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

All time high close
$99.32 on Oct 6, 2026
All time low close
$17.55 on Apr 25, 2003
52 week high
$99.98 on Oct 6, 2026
52 week low
$76.20 on Nov 20, 2025
Deepest drawdown
-58.9% from Mar 31, 2000 to Apr 25, 2003, recovered May 2, 2006
Best single session
+15.8% on Oct 13, 2008
Worst single session
-10.4% on Oct 15, 2008
Volatility, 1 year annualised
22.1%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
51%
Growth of 1 since 1996
2.4×
Best calendar year
1999, +61%
Worst calendar year
2001, -30%

EWJ 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 Mar 18, 1996; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026$81.07$99.98$80.38$91.47+13.9%1.5B218
2025$63.89$81.79$56.91$80.30+25.8%1.3B250
2024$59.09$68.58$56.76$63.81+7.0%1.6B252
2023$50.12$59.75$48.50$59.62+20.3%1.5B250
2022$60.43$61.61$43.27$49.56-17.7%1.4B251
2021$59.60$65.81$57.50$60.24+1.2%1.6B252
2020$52.09$59.77$36.25$59.55+15.4%2.1B253
2019$42.77$52.53$42.76$51.60+19.3%1.8B252
2018$50.47$54.36$41.79$43.24-14.1%2.5B251
2017$40.68$50.65$40.57$50.34+24.3%1.6B251
2016$38.67$42.19$33.11$40.51+2.8%2.4B252
2015$36.43$42.89$34.99$39.42+9.2%2.3B252
2014$38.32$39.12$34.22$36.11-6.2%2B252
2013$31.03$38.96$30.06$38.51+26.0%2.4B251
2012$28.38$31.36$26.54$30.56+9.2%989.4M246
2011$33.04$34.99$26.80$27.98-14.8%1.9B247
2010$29.28$33.10$27.15$32.83+13.6%1.4B250
2009$27.99$30.52$20.00$28.90+3.1%1.8B250
2008$38.31$39.92$22.22$28.02-27.0%1.7B252
2007$40.60$43.31$37.23$38.36-5.5%1.2B251
2006$38.78$44.11$34.81$40.60+5.9%1.2B251
2005$30.79$38.81$27.85$38.35+24.3%933.1M252
2004$27.26$31.51$24.98$30.85+13.7%410.3M249
2003$19.69$27.25$17.41$27.12+38.7%257.4M251
2002$21.83$25.65$18.28$19.55-9.9%75.7M252
2001$31.29$32.96$21.24$21.69-30.3%34.8M245
2000$42.70$42.86$30.24$31.11-26.3%28M252
1999$26.40$42.21$24.80$42.21+60.9%31.2M250
1998$25.38$30.01$19.50$26.24+4.0%18.2M239
1997$33.35$37.18$24.42$25.22-24.4%6.5M242
1996$38.29$42.28$32.87$33.35n/a4.3M201

EWJ monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
November 2026$91.47-1.5%
October 2026$92.91-4.7%
September 2026$97.46+1.6%
August 2026$95.88+3.8%
July 2026$92.39-0.9%
June 2026$93.27+0.9%
May 2026$92.46+4.3%
April 2026$88.62+5.5%
March 2026$83.98-8.6%
February 2026$91.87+7.8%
January 2026$85.26+6.2%
December 2025$80.30+0.9%

About the EWJ data

Daily bars. 7,667 sessions from Mar 18, 1996 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per NYSE Arca 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 Oct 23, 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 Arca 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 Mar 18, 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/nyse-arca%3AEWJ/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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