what was the stock price of microsoft in 1996

The closing price for Microsoft (MSFT) in 1996 was $6.31, on December 31, 1996. It was up 88.1% for the year.

DATE OPEN HIGH LOW CLOSE VOLUME
December 31 1996
$6.42
$6.44
$6.31
$6.31
34,367,200
December 30 1996
$6.53
$6.54
$6.38
$6.38
27,279,200
December 27 1996
$6.53
$6.55
$6.42
$6.44
19,079,200
December 26 1996
$6.52
$6.58
$6.51
$6.53
27,905,600
December 24 1996
$6.43
$6.51
$6.35
$6.49
16,246,400
December 23 1996
$6.43
$6.48
$6.33
$6.40
36,892,800
December 20 1996
$6.53
$6.54
$6.37
$6.39
90,414,400
December 19 1996
$6.42
$6.51
$6.34
$6.49
94,609,600
December 18 1996
$6.22
$6.32
$6.11
$6.31
61,796,800
December 17 1996
$5.86
$6.12
$5.84
$6.10
68,944,800
December 16 1996
$6.13
$6.17
$5.85
$5.87
64,883,200
December 13 1996
$6.20
$6.27
$6.06
$6.11
74,532,000
December 12 1996
$6.50
$6.52
$6.19
$6.19
78,272,800
December 11 1996
$6.19
$6.39
$6.12
$6.37
113,558,400
December 10 1996
$6.45
$6.46
$6.25
$6.26
125,725,600
December 09 1996
$5.99
$6.26
$5.96
$6.25
94,718,400
December 06 1996
$5.69
$5.90
$5.67
$5.84
110,238,400
December 05 1996
$5.86
$5.94
$5.80
$5.85
74,950,400
December 04 1996
$5.93
$5.93
$5.81
$5.86
102,542,400
December 03 1996
$6.05
$6.10
$5.91
$5.91
77,563,200
December 02 1996
$6.02
$6.03
$5.93
$6.03
64,502,400
November 29 1996
$5.94
$6.00
$5.94
$5.99
17,152,000
November 27 1996
$5.89
$5.95
$5.88
$5.94
44,446,400
November 26 1996
$5.88
$5.94
$5.82
$5.88
108,238,400
November 25 1996
$5.78
$5.87
$5.75
$5.87
75,129,600
Daily pricing data for Microsoft dates back to 3/13/1986, and may be incomplete.