New high · United States stocks
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) closes at a 52-week high of $538.03
Its third new 52-week high in 5 sessions. Up 6.9% over 20 sessions.
- Close
- $538.03
- On the day
- +1.1%
- Volume
- 0.6× average
- vs 52-week high
- New high
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 20 October 2026. The live chart is on the BRK-B page.
What happened
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) closed at $538.03 on 20 October 2026, up 1.1% from $532.23 the session before.
It was the third higher close in a row. It is the third new high in the last 5 sessions. Over 5 sessions the price is up 3.3%, and over 20 sessions it is up 6.9%.
That close is above every close of the past year. The previous highest was $532.23 on 19 Oct 2026, and the new close is 1.1% above it.
Trading was light: volume was 59% of its recent average.
Across the 19 NYSE stocks we track, 15 closed higher and 4 closed lower that day, with a median change of +0.65%. BRK-B's change was +1.1%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | $532.23 |
|---|---|
| Close | $538.03 |
| Change on the day | +1.09% |
| Change over 5 sessions | +3.35% |
| Change over 20 sessions | +6.86% |
| Volume | 2.49 Million |
| Average volume, up to 20 sessions before | 4.22 Million |
| Volume against that average | 0.6 times |
| Highest close in the past year | $532.23 (19 Oct 2026) |
| Lowest close in the past year | $465.40 (22 Apr 2026) |
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