Barclays (BARC-L)
FTSE 100 · Banks · data since 1988-07-01 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+1.14%
7d
+1.68%
30d
+3.59%
YTD
+10.40%
1y
+46.62%
Barclays (BARC-L) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.1 | -6.8 | -14.0 | 10.8 | 6.1 | 10.6 | 3.7 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 10.8 | 4.8 | -7.5 | 3.1 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 10.1 | -2.9 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 10.6 |
| 2024 | -3.5 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 8.5 | -5.0 | 11.9 | -2.3 | -1.7 | 5.8 | 11.1 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 17.2 | -6.0 | -16.5 | 9.7 | -5.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | -4.9 | 7.9 | -17.2 | 7.2 | 9.0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | -7.3 | -18.9 | -0.1 | 14.1 | -9.4 | 2.6 | 4.7 | -12.3 | 2.4 | 9.1 | -1.7 |
| 2021 | -9.0 | 19.5 | 16.5 | -5.6 | 4.3 | -6.5 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 6.7 | -8.9 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | -6.5 | -11.5 | -36.7 | 12.5 | 8.8 | -0.7 | -12.1 | 11.3 | -12.8 | 9.2 | 26.3 | 9.0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 3.8 | -5.8 | 6.2 | -9.1 | 0.3 | 2.9 | -11.3 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | -1.6 | 6.8 | -3.3 | 0.4 | -4.8 | -4.2 | 2.6 | -9.4 | -2.2 | 0.4 | -5.6 | -7.6 |
| 2017 | -1.8 | 3.2 | -0.6 | -5.7 | -1.1 | -3.5 | 0.1 | -5.9 | 1.2 | -3.8 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | -15.0 | -7.5 | -12.8 | 14.3 | 6.4 | -24.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | -2.6 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | -3.8 | 9.7 | -5.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | -3.5 | 10.9 | -9.5 | -6.6 | -5.0 | -3.8 | -1.9 |
| 2014 | 0.2 | -7.5 | -7.4 | 8.1 | -2.1 | -13.8 | 6.1 | -0.6 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 1.8 | -0.7 |
| 2013 | 14.7 | 2.0 | -5.2 | -1.8 | 12.0 | -13.1 | 3.4 | -1.6 | 1.4 | -0.7 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 20.7 | 15.3 | -4.0 | -7.2 | -19.2 | -7.6 | 3.2 | 9.1 | 17.2 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 6.7 |
| 2011 | 12.3 | 8.9 | -13.2 | 1.7 | -2.0 | -7.3 | -13.0 | -23.4 | -5.5 | 21.0 | -7.7 | -2.3 |
| 2010 | -2.0 | 15.5 | 15.3 | -6.1 | -9.8 | -11.3 | 23.0 | -9.1 | -0.9 | -8.3 | -6.7 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | -30.8 | -12.0 | 58.5 | 90.2 | 5.7 | -4.9 | 6.8 | 25.8 | -2.7 | -13.0 | -9.2 | -5.6 |
| 2008 | -6.8 | 1.5 | -5.0 | 0.8 | -17.9 | -22.3 | 15.9 | 4.5 | -7.5 | -45.2 | -5.3 | -9.4 |
| 2007 | 1.4 | 0.0 | -2.5 | 0.9 | -0.8 | -3.6 | 0.4 | -12.2 | -2.9 | 1.4 | -6.8 | -10.5 |
| 2006 | -1.6 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | -9.8 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 5.0 | -3.8 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | -0.7 | -2.9 | -4.3 | -0.7 | -2.9 | 6.5 | 0.3 | -0.7 | 3.6 | -2.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | -0.7 | -2.3 | -0.9 | 6.1 | -6.5 | -1.2 | -2.1 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | -9.0 | 4.8 | -0.5 | 18.4 | -0.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | -1.8 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 3.1 | -2.8 |
| 2002 | -1.9 | -7.0 | 4.5 | 11.1 | -2.1 | -6.4 | -11.4 | -5.3 | -19.8 | 19.0 | 5.2 | -17.2 |
| 2001 | 5.5 | -3.7 | 4.4 | 2.5 | -6.0 | 3.1 | -4.5 | 0.4 | -10.5 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 5.8 |
| 2000 | -16.1 | 2.1 | 8.9 | -1.2 | 5.9 | -5.5 | -8.1 | 13.9 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| 1999 | 4.9 | 22.5 | 6.9 | 10.8 | -4.1 | -2.5 | -1.3 | 1.5 | -3.6 | 4.5 | -2.8 | -1.6 |
| 1998 | 14.0 | -2.2 | -0.8 | -3.6 | -5.3 | 5.8 | 1.3 | -19.1 | -32.1 | 33.9 | 6.8 | -5.8 |
| 1997 | 19.6 | -4.8 | -10.4 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 18.6 | -10.8 | -4.3 | 13.3 |
| 1996 | 7.6 | -2.4 | -6.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 6.1 | -2.3 |
| 1995 | -5.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 8.4 | -1.5 | 3.5 | -0.5 | 8.2 | -8.0 |
| 1994 | -1.3 | -11.2 | -6.1 | -2.5 | -1.2 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 5.6 | -2.4 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| 1993 | 9.9 | 0.9 | -1.2 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 5.5 | -0.2 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 8.9 |
| 1992 | 1.6 | -6.2 | -15.0 | 12.4 | 8.7 | -12.0 | -4.8 | -8.3 | 17.0 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 2.1 |
| 1991 | 2.2 | 12.7 | 6.0 | 0.7 | -0.2 | -3.8 | 11.9 | -1.7 | -0.8 | -8.4 | -14.1 | 3.3 |
| 1990 | 0.9 | -1.2 | 3.2 | -14.1 | 11.4 | -1.8 | -1.0 | -8.0 | -13.7 | 8.1 | 10.4 | -2.2 |
| 1989 | 16.3 | -5.9 | 0.2 | 1.6 | -1.6 | 0.0 | 15.7 | 4.8 | -2.4 | -12.1 | 17.1 | 5.3 |
| 1988 | · | · | · | · | · | · | -0.3 | -1.5 | 5.0 | -1.7 | 2.2 | -3.6 |
| Avg | 1.5 | 1.4 | -1.7 | 5.6 | 0.3 | -3.4 | 3.2 | -0.0 | -0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.4% | +1.4% | -1.7% | +5.6% | +0.3% | -3.4% | +3.1% | -0.0% | -0.7% | +1.9% | +2.6% | +0.9% |
| Win rate | 53%/38 | 50%/38 | 34%/38 | 71%/38 | 45%/38 | 34%/38 | 71%/38 | 45%/38 | 50%/38 | 66%/38 | 68%/38 | 58%/38 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-93.5%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±10.4%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
54%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+90.2%
2009-04
Worst month
-45.21%
2008-10
Longest streaks
8▲ / 8▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Barclays
Older than the United States, and it gave the world its first cash machine. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1988) would be about $765 today.
Did you know?
- Its lineage traces to goldsmith bankers in London around 1690.
- It installed the world's first ATM in Enfield, London, in 1967 — comedian Reg Varney made the first withdrawal.
- Its best month on record was April 2009 at +90.2%; its worst, October 2008 at -45.21%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.