iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) Declares Dividend Increase – $0.17 Per Share

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) declared a dividend on Tuesday, December 17th,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.1654 per share on Monday, December 23rd. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 18th. This is a boost from iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.16.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SLQD traded down $0.33 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $49.58. 235,257 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 232,058. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $48.70 and a 12 month high of $50.46. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $49.94 and its 200 day moving average price is $49.82.

About iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade, USD-denominated corporate bonds with 0-5 years remaining to maturity. SLQD was launched on Oct 15, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.