BASF share performance

  • BASF share gains 3.9% in 2017
  • Long-term performance continues to clearly exceed benchmark indexes

The BASF share closed the 2017 stock market year with a closing price of €91.74. This equates to a 3.9% rise in the value of BASF shares compared with the previous year’s closing price, which also marked the high for 2016. Assuming that dividends were reinvested, BASF shares gained 7.4% in value in 2017. The benchmark indexes of the German and European stock markets – the DAX 30 and the EURO STOXX 50 – rose by 12.5% and 9.2% over the same period, respectively. The global industry index MSCI World Chemicals gained 23.6%.

The BASF share reached a new high of €97.46 over the course of 2017. Viewed over a 10-year period, the long-term performance of BASF shares still clearly surpasses the German, European and global benchmark indexes. The assets of an investor who invested €1,000 in BASF shares at the end of 2007 and reinvested the dividends in additional BASF shares would have increased to €2,676 by the end of 2017. This represents an annual yield of 10.3%, placing BASF shares above the returns for the DAX 30 (4.8%), EURO STOXX 50 (0.8%) and MSCI World Chemicals (6.8%) indexes.

Change in value of an investment in BASF shares in 2017
(With dividends reinvested; indexed)
Change in value of an investment in BASF shares in 2017 (line chart)
Long-term performance of BASF shares compared with indexes
(Average annual increase with dividends reinvested)
Long-term performance of BASF shares compared with indexes (bar chart)

Weighting of BASF shares in important indexes as of December 31, 2017

DAX 30

 

8.1%

EURO STOXX 50

 

3.5%

MSCI World Chemicals

 

8.6%

Further information on BASF share

Securities code numbers

 

 

Germany

 

BASF11

United Kingdom

 

0083142

Switzerland

 

11450563

United States (CUSIP number)

 

055262505

ISIN International Securities Identification Number

 

DE000BASF111

 

 

 

International ticker symbols

 

 

Deutsche Börse

 

BAS

London Stock Exchange

 

BFA

Swiss Exchange

 

BAS