Table of Contents PART II Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange under the symbol CNA. As of February 7, 2020, we had 271,412,591 shares of common stock outstanding and approximately 89%  of our outstanding common stock was owned by Loews. We had 894 stockholders of record as of February 7, 2020 according to the records maintained by our transfer agent. Our Board of Directors has approved an authorization to purchase, in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, our outstanding common stock, as our management deems appropriate. The table below details repurchases of our common stock made during the three months ended December 31, 2019. The following graph compares the five-year total return of our common stock, the Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) Index and the S&P 500 Property & Casualty Insurance Index. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock and each index was $100 at the base period, January 1, 2015, and that dividends, if any, were reinvested in the stock or index. ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Period (a) Total number of shares purchased (b) Average price paid per share (c) Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs (d) Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (in millions) October 1, 2019 - October 31, 2019 111,759 $ 44.58 N/A N/A Total 111,759 N/A N/A Company / Index Base Period 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 CNA Financial Corporation $ 100.00 $ 97.69 $ 127.22 $ 174.22 $ 154.77 $ 169.45 S&P 500 Index 100.00 101.38 113.51 138.29 132.23 173.86 S&P 500 Property & Casualty Insurance Index 100.00 109.53 126.73 155.10 147.83 186.07 16