BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE:BMEZ – Get Free Report) saw a significant drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 113,200 shares, a drop of 43.6% from the August 15th total of 200,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 240,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.
BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Price Performance
Shares of NYSE:BMEZ opened at 16.05 on Friday. BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust has a fifty-two week low of 12.93 and a fifty-two week high of 16.59. The company’s 50-day moving average is 15.79 and its 200 day moving average is 15.58.
BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $0.176 per share. This represents a $2.11 annualized dividend and a yield of 13.16%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 16th.
Institutional Trading of BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust
About BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II’s (BMEZ) (the ‘Trust’) investment objective is to provide total return and income through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of companies principally engaged in the health sciences group of industries and equity derivatives with exposure to the health sciences group of industries.
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