BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) To Go Ex-Dividend on November 15th

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE:BME) declared a monthly dividend on Friday, November 1st,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.213 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $2.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 15th.

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust has raised its dividend by an average of 2.1% per year over the last three years.

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:BME traded down $0.17 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $40.81. 17,531 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 31,750. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust has a 12 month low of $37.26 and a 12 month high of $42.86. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $41.44 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $40.94.

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Company Profile

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating in the health sciences and related sectors, which include businesses involved in researching, developing, producing, distributing or delivering medical, dental, optical, pharmaceutical or biotechnology products, supplies, equipment, or services.