New high · United States stocks
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) closes at a 52-week high of $542.55
Its fourth new 52-week high in 5 sessions. Up 7.0% over 20 sessions.
- Close
- $542.55
- On the day
- +0.5%
- Volume
- 0.3× average
- vs 52-week high
- New high
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 21 October 2026. The live chart is on the BRK-B page.
What happened
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) closed at $542.55 on 21 October 2026, up 0.5% from $539.82 the session before.
It was the fourth higher close in a row. It is the fourth new high in the last 5 sessions. Over 5 sessions the price is up 3.1%, and over 20 sessions it is up 7.0%.
That close is above every close of the past year. The previous highest was $539.82 on 20 Oct 2026, and the new close is 0.5% above it.
Trading was light: volume was 30% of its recent average.
Across the 6 NYSE stocks we track, 3 closed higher and 3 closed lower that day, with a median change of −0.04%. BRK-B's change was +0.5%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | $539.82 |
|---|---|
| Close | $542.55 |
| Change on the day | +0.51% |
| Change over 5 sessions | +3.08% |
| Change over 20 sessions | +6.98% |
| Volume | 1.28 Million |
| Average volume, up to 20 sessions before | 4.25 Million |
| Volume against that average | 0.3 times |
| Highest close in the past year | $539.82 (20 Oct 2026) |
| Lowest close in the past year | $465.40 (22 Apr 2026) |
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