data.sp500

data.sp500

Daily S&P 500 Index data from 1950 to 2015.

This dataset provides daily price indicators for the S&P 500 index from the beginning of 1950 to the end of 2015. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures about 80 percent coverage of available market capitalization.

Details

This is a dataset with 16,607 rows and 7 columns.

  • date: The date expressed as Date values.
  • open, high, low, close: The day’s opening, high, low, and closing prices in USD. The close price is adjusted for splits.
  • volume: The number of trades for the given date.
  • adj_close: The close price adjusted for both dividends and splits.