Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HIO – Get Free Report) declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, November 19th,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be given a dividend of 0.0355 per share by the closed-end fund on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.43 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.81%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 23rd.
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund has decreased its dividend by an average of 0.6% per year over the last three years.
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Stock Performance
Shares of NYSE HIO opened at $3.94 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $3.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $3.93. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund has a 12 month low of $3.69 and a 12 month high of $4.07.
About Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc is a closed ended fixed-income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. It is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company and Western Asset Management Company Limited. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States.
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