John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) To Go Ex-Dividend on July 13th

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Investors of record on Monday, July 13th will be given a dividend of 0.0883 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, July 31st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 8.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 13th. This is a 7.0% increase from John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund’s previous monthly dividend of $0.08.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of PDT stock opened at $12.83 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $12.91 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $13.00. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a fifty-two week low of $12.53 and a fifty-two week high of $13.65.

About John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund

The John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) is a publicly traded, closed-end management investment company designed to deliver high current income and potential capital growth. The fund’s core strategy centers on dividend-paying and income-producing securities, combining equity and fixed-income instruments to achieve a balanced risk-return profile.

Managed by John Hancock Investment Management (US) LLC, a subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation, the fund primarily allocates assets to dividend-paying common stocks and preferred stocks of U.S.