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Nucor Corp. (NUE) stock price history
Every NYSE trading session of Nucor Corp. from Mar 17, 1980 to Sep 29, 2026: 11,729 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.
NUE adjusted close, 1980 to 2026
- $274.74
- All time high, 2026
- $280.11
- 52 week high, $130.11 low
- 11,729
- Daily sessions since 1980
Last updated Sep 29, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1980 to 2026 series and minute bars.
NUE key facts
- Nucor Corp. (NUE) closed at $236.24 on Sep 29, 2026 on NYSE.
- NUE's all time high close is $274.74, set on Aug 5, 2026; its all time low close is $0.2947 on Mar 27, 1980.
- NUE's 52 week range is $130.11 to $280.11.
- NUE returned +75.9% over the year to Sep 29, 2026 and +154.0% over five years.
- Over ten years NUE returned +496%, +19.5% a year compounded.
- NUE's deepest drawdown was -68.3% from May 16, 2008 to Nov 20, 2008.
- DataCedar holds 11,729 daily sessions of NUE history from Mar 17, 1980 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
NUE price chart, 1980 to 2026
NUE returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 29, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -5.7% |
| 3 months | +3.6% |
| 6 months | +45.5% |
| Year to date | +44.7% |
| 1 year | +75.9% |
| 3 years | +57.2% |
| 5 years | +154.0% |
| 10 years | +496.2% |
| Since Mar 17, 1980 | +66,435% |
| Compound annual growth, 46.5 years | +15.0% |
NUE records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $274.74 on Aug 5, 2026
- All time low close
- $0.2947 on Mar 27, 1980
- 52 week high
- $280.11 on Aug 5, 2026
- 52 week low
- $130.11 on Oct 17, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -68.3% from May 16, 2008 to Nov 20, 2008, recovered Nov 22, 2016
- Best single session
- +27.8% on Oct 13, 2008
- Worst single session
- -19.8% on Oct 15, 2008
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 32.0%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 58%
- Growth of 1 since 1980
- 665×
- Best calendar year
- 2021, +118%
- Worst calendar year
- 2024, -32%
NUE 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. 1980 starts on Mar 17, 1980; 2026 runs to Sep 29, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $164.22 | $280.11 | $154.23 | $236.24 | +45.7% | 292M | 186 |
| 2025 | $115.23 | $166.52 | $95.90 | $162.16 | +42.0% | 531.2M | 250 |
| 2024 | $167.44 | $196.24 | $110.93 | $114.17 | -32.0% | 410.3M | 252 |
| 2023 | $125.44 | $173.85 | $123.54 | $167.78 | +33.8% | 388.4M | 250 |
| 2022 | $107.55 | $176.48 | $82.85 | $125.44 | +17.4% | 657.7M | 251 |
| 2021 | $49.83 | $119.58 | $44.09 | $106.86 | +118.4% | 829.7M | 252 |
| 2020 | $50.28 | $52.47 | $24.36 | $48.92 | -1.8% | 584M | 253 |
| 2019 | $43.71 | $53.55 | $40.18 | $49.79 | +11.8% | 563.1M | 252 |
| 2018 | $53.76 | $59.01 | $42.46 | $44.52 | -16.4% | 645M | 251 |
| 2017 | $48.75 | $54.21 | $42.71 | $53.23 | +9.6% | 683.3M | 251 |
| 2016 | $31.39 | $55.15 | $26.85 | $48.57 | +52.2% | 728.1M | 252 |
| 2015 | $37.65 | $39.08 | $28.84 | $31.91 | -14.9% | 594M | 252 |
| 2014 | $39.59 | $44.30 | $34.46 | $37.51 | -5.4% | 475.3M | 252 |
| 2013 | $31.77 | $40.38 | $30.01 | $39.66 | +27.5% | 521.5M | 252 |
| 2012 | $28.16 | $31.78 | $23.98 | $31.09 | +13.1% | 693.5M | 250 |
| 2011 | $29.61 | $32.96 | $20.53 | $27.49 | -6.3% | 957.5M | 252 |
| 2010 | $30.64 | $32.80 | $23.48 | $29.33 | -2.8% | 1.2B | 252 |
| 2009 | $29.42 | $32.53 | $18.70 | $30.17 | +4.2% | 1.5B | 252 |
| 2008 | $35.95 | $51.02 | $15.70 | $28.95 | -19.4% | 1.9B | 253 |
| 2007 | $31.83 | $41.11 | $24.72 | $35.90 | +12.8% | 1.1B | 251 |
| 2006 | $19.03 | $38.91 | $18.83 | $31.83 | +70.5% | 1.3B | 251 |
| 2005 | $14.32 | $19.46 | $12.54 | $18.68 | +30.8% | 1.4B | 252 |
| 2004 | $7.55 | $15.09 | $7.03 | $14.27 | +89.1% | 1.3B | 252 |
| 2003 | $5.50 | $7.90 | $4.64 | $7.55 | +37.9% | 816.3M | 252 |
| 2002 | $6.84 | $9.18 | $4.75 | $5.47 | -20.8% | 805.4M | 252 |
| 2001 | $5.11 | $7.29 | $4.33 | $6.91 | +35.5% | 872.3M | 248 |
| 2000 | $6.93 | $7.13 | $3.77 | $5.10 | -26.4% | 447M | 252 |
| 1999 | $5.41 | $7.75 | $5.20 | $6.93 | +28.1% | 382.6M | 252 |
| 1998 | $5.95 | $7.52 | $4.38 | $5.41 | -9.5% | 340.7M | 252 |
| 1997 | $6.26 | $7.75 | $5.50 | $5.98 | -4.5% | 313.2M | 253 |
| 1996 | $6.91 | $7.79 | $5.52 | $6.26 | -10.2% | 275.1M | 254 |
| 1995 | $6.63 | $7.69 | $5.12 | $6.97 | +3.7% | 355.3M | 252 |
| 1994 | $6.38 | $8.72 | $5.90 | $6.72 | +4.8% | 229.3M | 252 |
| 1993 | $4.66 | $6.92 | $4.58 | $6.41 | +35.7% | 204M | 253 |
| 1992 | $2.65 | $4.81 | $2.51 | $4.72 | +76.3% | 163.7M | 254 |
| 1991 | $1.85 | $2.68 | $1.70 | $2.68 | +45.1% | 186M | 253 |
| 1990 | $1.77 | $2.43 | $1.43 | $1.85 | +3.7% | 172.1M | 253 |
| 1989 | $1.38 | $1.99 | $1.32 | $1.78 | +27.2% | 153.5M | 252 |
| 1988 | $1.15 | $1.43 | $1.06 | $1.40 | +21.6% | 151.3M | 253 |
| 1987 | $0.8858 | $1.44 | $0.8555 | $1.15 | +31.1% | 255.8M | 253 |
| 1986 | $1.02 | $1.32 | $0.8367 | $0.8786 | -14.3% | 269M | 253 |
| 1985 | $0.6009 | $1.06 | $0.5844 | $1.03 | +68.7% | 198.4M | 252 |
| 1984 | $0.8015 | $0.8248 | $0.4859 | $0.6080 | -23.7% | 119.1M | 253 |
| 1983 | $0.5767 | $0.7968 | $0.5593 | $0.7968 | +37.3% | 131.6M | 253 |
| 1982 | $0.5546 | $0.5894 | $0.3168 | $0.5802 | +4.6% | 198.9M | 253 |
| 1981 | $0.6486 | $0.7635 | $0.4548 | $0.5546 | -14.5% | 130.9M | 253 |
| 1980 | $0.3551 | $0.6892 | $0.2785 | $0.6486 | n/a | 104.3M | 201 |
NUE monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $236.24 | -5.4% |
| August 2026 | $249.64 | -3.0% |
| July 2026 | $257.29 | +15.5% |
| June 2026 | $222.75 | -10.7% |
| May 2026 | $249.39 | +11.0% |
| April 2026 | $224.74 | +33.2% |
| March 2026 | $168.69 | -4.1% |
| February 2026 | $175.85 | -0.5% |
| January 2026 | $176.68 | +9.0% |
| December 2025 | $162.16 | +2.6% |
| November 2025 | $158.02 | +6.3% |
| October 2025 | $148.67 | +10.8% |
About the NUE data
Daily bars. 11,729 sessions from Mar 17, 1980 to Sep 29, 2026, one row per NYSE 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 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 NYSE 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 17, 1980, 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/NUE/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on NYSE
Common questions
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