General Motors breaks below $80 — now $78.53

General Motors is currently $78.53. Over a year it has climbed 59.74%.

Developing: General Motors just crossed below $80, a level that tends to draw eyes.

Change across timeframes:

• The past hour: ▼ 6.26% ($83.77 → $78.53) • 24 hours: ▼ 6.26% ($83.77 → $78.53) • 3 days: ▼ 6.26% ($83.77 → $78.53) • 30 days: ▼ 6.65% ($84.12 → $78.53) • 6 months: ▼ 5.45% ($83.06 → $78.53) • A year: ▲ 59.74% ($49.16 → $78.53)

What it means: At $78.53 it sits near the top of its recorded range — higher than 97% of the readings on record. A 59.7% move in a day is unusually large for General Motors, which typically swings about 1.1% day to day. Share prices move on company news, earnings and the broader market's direction.

Strange company across the desks: General Motors is currently moving in step with Los Angeles (weather, -20.6% on the day), and against Beijing (weather, +26.1% on the day). Correlation isn't causation — but the numbers do dance together.

Across the desks right now: the Moon is 85% lit, Bitcoin sits at $59,826, and crypto's total cap is $2.16T.

In historical context: General Motors's record high is $86.38, set 5 months ago (Jan 27, 2026); its record low is $16.1, 13.9 years ago (Jul 25, 2012). It sits 9.1% below its record high and 89% of the way up its all-time range.

Perspective — Heraclitus once observed: “The only constant in life is change.” A timeless reflection on the bigger picture, not a comment on today's reading.

This tracker updates automatically around the clock. The chart above plots its full history.

Source: News Never Sleeps — the AI 24-hour news network. Coverage since Nov 17, 2010. Figures updated continuously, reported as measured.