STOCKHISTORY Function in Excel: Historical Share Prices

STOCKHISTORY Function in Excel: Historical Share Prices featured illustration

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⏱ 2 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

LookupLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 365 / 2021+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. STOCKHISTORY in practice
  5. Where you will use it
  6. Worked example
  7. Mistakes people make
  8. Related functions
  9. Continue learning

STOCKHISTORY fetches daily, weekly or monthly prices for a stock or currency pair into a spill range.

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Syntax

=STOCKHISTORY(stock, start_date, [end_date], [interval], [headers], [properties…])
Argument What it means
stock Ticker such as “XNSE:INFY” or a Stocks data type.

Examples

Example 1

=STOCKHISTORY("XNSE:TCS", TODAY()-30, TODAY())

Last month of TCS closing prices.

STOCKHISTORY in practice

Where you will use it

  • Past prices of a share
  • Monthly closing prices for analysis
  • Compare two stocks

Worked example

TickerFormulaResult
XNSE:INFY=STOCKHISTORY(A2,"2026-09-01","2026-09-30",2)(spills a price table)
XNSE:TCS=STOCKHISTORY(A3,"2026-09-01","2026-09-30",2)(spills a price table)
XNSE:RELIANCE=STOCKHISTORY(A4,"2026-09-01","2026-09-30",2)(spills a price table)

Returns a table of dates and prices (Microsoft 365, online); not calculated here.

Mistakes people make

MistakeWhat to do instead
Wrong ticker formatUse the exchange prefix, e.g. XNSE:INFY
Old ExcelNeeds Microsoft 365 and internet

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