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Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE) Price, Holdings & Fees

$634.05+0.76%+$4.79End-of-day price as of Oct 9, 2026

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE) closed at $634.05 on Oct 9, 2026, up 0.76% from the previous close of $629.26.

Share price, past year

1Y +54.55%

52-week range $398.02 – $651.70. Daily closing prices.
Monthly closing prices
Last closing price of each month
DateClose
Oct 9, 2026$634.05
Sep 30, 2026$630.79
Aug 31, 2026$614.82
Jul 31, 2026$599.51
Jun 30, 2026$605.66
May 29, 2026$541.93
Apr 30, 2026$552.15
Mar 31, 2026$521.03
Feb 27, 2026$513.74
Jan 30, 2026$490.90
Dec 31, 2025$469.54
Nov 28, 2025$444.83
Oct 31, 2025$414.87

Key statistics

Expense ratio
—
Net assets
$296M
as of Jun 30, 2026
Holdings
147
as of Jun 30, 2026
52-week range
$398.02 – $651.70

Holdings

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund held 147 investments worth $295.98M as of Jun 30, 2026. Its largest holding was NVIDIA Corp, at 8.18% of the fund.

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund largest holdings by share of net assets
#Holding% of fundValue
1NVIDIA CorpNVDA8.18%$24.20M
2Apple IncAAPL7.25%$21.46M
3Microsoft CorpMSFT5.02%$14.86M
4Amazon.com IncAMZN4.05%$11.98M
5Alphabet IncGOOGL3.40%$10.06M
6Alphabet IncGOOG3.32%$9.82M
7Broadcom IncAVGO3.17%$9.37M
8Micron Technology IncMU2.73%$8.09M
9STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY2.21%$6.55M
10JPMorgan Chase & CoJPM2.00%$5.93M
11Applied Materials IncAMAT1.82%$5.40M
12iShares Core S&P 500 ETFIVV1.74%$5.14M
13Johnson & JohnsonJNJ1.73%$5.11M
14Meta Platforms IncMETA1.48%$4.39M
15Visa IncV1.46%$4.31M
16Eli Lilly & CoLLY1.37%$4.05M
17Tesla IncTSLA1.27%$3.75M
18Lam Research CorpLRCX1.24%$3.67M
19Citigroup IncC1.11%$3.29M
20Home Depot Inc/TheHD1.09%$3.23M
21Advanced Micro Devices IncAMD1.02%$3.01M
22Morgan StanleyMS0.96%$2.86M
23Berkshire Hathaway IncBRK.B0.96%$2.83M
24RTX CorpRTX0.94%$2.79M
25Wells Fargo & CoWFC0.91%$2.68M

Top 25 of 147 holdings, as of Jun 30, 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets.

What the fund owns

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund holdings by asset type
Asset type% of fund
Stocks100.03%
Repurchase agreements2.21%
Derivatives−0.13%
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund holdings by country, largest 1
Country% of fund
United States102.12%

Shares of net assets from the fund's N-PORT report. Funds that borrow can add up to more than 100%, with borrowing (such as repurchase agreements) shown as a negative share.

Monthly total returns

Over the 3 months to Jun 30, 2026, Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund's total return was +12.78%, as reported to the SEC.

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund monthly total returns
MonthTotal return
Jun 30, 2026−1.42%
May 31, 2026+4.83%
Apr 30, 2026+9.14%

The fund's own total returns as reported to the SEC (N-PORT), including reinvested distributions. Not the sample prices above.

Fund profile

Name
Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
Ticker
JCE
Exchange
NYSE
Fund type
Closed-end fund
SEC CIK
0001385763
Fractional shares
Yes

Recent SEC filings

Frequently asked questions

What is JCE's price?

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE) closed at $634.05 on Oct 9, 2026, up 0.76% from the previous close of $629.26.

What does JCE hold?

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund held 147 investments worth $295.98M as of Jun 30, 2026. Its largest holding was NVIDIA Corp, at 8.18% of the fund. Its five largest holdings were NVIDIA Corp, Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet Inc.

How has JCE performed?

Over the 3 months to Jun 30, 2026, Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund's total return was +12.78%, as reported to the SEC.

Sources and methodology

Holdings, net assets and monthly returns come from the fund's N-PORT filing with the SEC, as of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026). Prices are generated sample data for development. Data sources and disclosures