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

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE:BME) announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.2621 per share on Friday, October 31st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 8.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 15th.

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of NYSE BME opened at $37.41 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $36.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $36.40. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust has a 12-month low of $34.18 and a 12-month high of $42.30.

About BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

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.