Where can I find the price of a stock in 1989?

Question

Stock name Western Atlas--price on 8/29-8/301989

Answer 1

historical price quotes can be found at http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/ and http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?*enter ticker symbol here*

to specifically answer your question -- it will probably be next to impossible to find the price of Western Atlas, which I believe traded under the ticker WAI, because the company no longer exists. The best bet at finding your answer is to go to a library that has the Wall Street Journal on micro fiche and look up the day in question. You'll find the corresponding daily quotes there.

Answer 2

Western Atlas was formed in 1987 through the merger of Western Geophysical (owned by Litton Industries) and Dresser Atlas. The resulting company was a joint venture of Litton and Dresser Industries until it was spun off as a publicly traded company in 1994.

In 1998, Western Atlas was acquired by Baker Hughes (BHI), and, since then, was named Baker Atlas.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BHI

8/29/1989 open-17.9521 Higth=17.9521 Low=17.7457 Close=17.7457

8/30/1989 open=17.6425 High=17.7457 Low=17.1267 CLose=17.7457

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Answer 3

Go to the library see if they have the Wall Street Journal that far back, Call a broker, Call the company, search on-line. It might have changed names, had stock splits, spin offs, etc, but the Company or a Broker can tell you all of this.

Good luck

Answer 4

No current listings for a western atlas,
You can pull up max charts for companies still in existance but inactive ones . . . IDK
Maybe the NYSE has an archive ? was it NYSE listed ?