Rio Tinto Group (RIO)
Top 100 by market cap · data since 1990-06-28 · last close 2026-07-29
1d
+2.20%
7d
+1.50%
30d
-0.67%
YTD
+20.30%
1y
+58.36%
Rio Tinto Group (RIO) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13.7 | 9.1 | -3.5 | 7.7 | 5.9 | -10.8 | -1.3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.8 | -1.1 | 0.1 | -1.9 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 11.2 |
| 2024 | -7.0 | -6.8 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 3.4 | -6.0 | -1.2 | -0.1 | 12.5 | -8.8 | -3.2 | -6.4 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | -12.1 | 1.6 | -6.7 | -7.7 | 8.1 | 4.2 | -3.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 9.0 | -11.5 | 3.3 | -16.9 | 0.1 | -3.6 | -2.2 | -3.1 | 28.7 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 1.6 | 14.4 | -7.0 | 9.5 | 2.8 | -4.0 | 2.9 | -7.0 | -11.0 | -5.3 | -0.9 | 6.8 |
| 2020 | -10.0 | -12.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 16.7 | 4.2 | 8.7 | 2.8 | -1.4 | -6.0 | 14.4 | 15.8 |
| 2019 | 16.1 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 0.1 | -1.6 | 7.6 | -8.4 | -7.6 | 3.0 | -0.1 | 4.9 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | -2.5 | -2.6 | 6.6 | 3.2 | -2.1 | 0.0 | -11.3 | 6.2 | -3.4 | -5.1 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 16.5 | -4.7 | -2.0 | -2.1 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | -3.9 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 10.5 |
| 2016 | -15.3 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 19.1 | -16.7 | 11.6 | 4.9 | -6.8 | 10.7 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | -4.2 | 11.8 | -13.9 | 8.2 | -2.3 | -5.8 | -6.3 | -2.3 | -7.9 | 8.0 | -9.4 | -12.0 |
| 2014 | -5.8 | 7.8 | -0.6 | -2.8 | -5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | -4.7 | -8.5 | -2.5 | -2.9 | -1.2 |
| 2013 | -2.8 | -5.0 | -10.6 | -2.2 | -7.3 | -3.8 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.4 |
| 2012 | 23.6 | -4.4 | -2.4 | 0.9 | -22.9 | 10.6 | -3.4 | -3.8 | 6.7 | 6.9 | -0.4 | 16.6 |
| 2011 | -3.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 | -4.2 | 3.1 | -1.9 | -13.1 | -27.9 | 22.6 | -1.8 | -7.8 |
| 2010 | -9.9 | 8.0 | 13.9 | -14.1 | -9.4 | -5.4 | 19.1 | -2.1 | 16.5 | 10.9 | -1.5 | 11.7 |
| 2009 | -2.4 | 20.7 | 31.4 | 21.6 | 11.3 | -9.7 | 21.0 | -7.4 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 14.6 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | -3.1 | 12.5 | -9.4 | 14.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | -15.6 | -9.1 | -33.8 | -25.5 | -46.2 | -11.1 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 20.1 | 4.5 | -5.5 | -4.2 | 25.0 | 9.2 | 24.7 | -10.2 |
| 2006 | 12.2 | -5.2 | 9.7 | 7.6 | -0.3 | -5.5 | -0.4 | -3.6 | -5.9 | 16.8 | -3.1 | -1.0 |
| 2005 | 5.4 | 14.2 | -8.3 | -7.0 | -1.3 | 2.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 14.8 | -7.1 | 6.7 | 12.2 |
| 2004 | -3.0 | 1.8 | -7.3 | -10.9 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 7.0 | -1.9 | 7.0 | -2.2 | 10.6 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | -6.8 | 9.7 | -5.3 | 1.3 | 4.2 | -4.3 | 10.6 | 6.9 | -0.9 | 12.9 | -0.8 | 13.3 |
| 2002 | 2.5 | -0.3 | 1.5 | -5.4 | 2.1 | -4.2 | -3.6 | 1.8 | -7.6 | 10.7 | 11.8 | -2.3 |
| 2001 | -0.8 | 3.8 | -3.4 | 15.2 | -1.7 | -8.5 | -7.5 | 10.4 | -13.9 | 2.9 | 16.4 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | -21.2 | -19.0 | 21.1 | -8.9 | -5.3 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | -10.5 | 9.4 | -5.8 | 17.4 |
| 1999 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 11.3 | 23.9 | -13.9 | 14.7 | 11.6 | -2.7 | -2.0 | -4.2 | 14.3 | 21.9 |
| 1998 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 6.0 | -13.3 | -6.4 | -2.1 | -19.1 | 32.7 | 1.0 | -3.0 | -5.6 |
| 1997 | -6.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 8.1 | 1.6 | -6.8 | -2.7 | 0.6 | -18.7 | -5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1996 | -1.5 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 8.7 | -1.4 | -4.7 | -1.9 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | -5.4 |
| 1995 | -6.2 | -4.0 | 10.8 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 9.9 | -5.0 | 5.4 | -1.9 | 4.0 | -1.7 |
| 1994 | 11.8 | -5.7 | -2.2 | 5.0 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 0.7 | -5.9 | -1.9 |
| 1993 | -2.1 | -4.3 | 13.2 | -2.9 | 2.1 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | -6.7 | -1.2 | 4.5 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 10.0 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 3.5 | -8.9 | -4.3 | 7.2 | -9.1 | -1.3 | 4.8 |
| 1991 | 3.6 | 12.6 | -2.8 | -1.3 | -2.7 | 0.3 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | -3.7 | -6.4 | -4.4 |
| 1990 | · | · | · | · | · | 0.9 | 3.7 | -13.2 | -15.5 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Avg | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.1 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 2.2 | -2.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 |
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 | +1.2% | +2.3% | +2.5% | +3.1% | -0.5% | -0.1% | +2.3% | -2.1% | +0.7% | +1.3% | +2.3% | +3.7% |
| Win rate | 50%/36 | 64%/36 | 58%/36 | 61%/36 | 47%/36 | 51%/37 | 58%/36 | 36%/36 | 56%/36 | 56%/36 | 50%/36 | 64%/36 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-89%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±9.3%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
54%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+32.73%
1998-09
Worst month
-46.2%
2008-11
Longest streaks
8▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Rio Tinto Group
Rio Tinto Group does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 1990. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1990) would be about $5,516 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was September 1998 at +32.73%; its worst, November 2008 at -46.2%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.