Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Declares Monthly Dividend of $0.04 (NYSE:HIO)

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HIO) declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 23rd will be paid a dividend of 0.0355 per share by the closed-end fund on Friday, January 30th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 11.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 23rd.

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Stock Performance

HIO stock traded down $0.07 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $3.71. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 615,419 shares, compared to its average volume of 430,062. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund has a 1 year low of $3.36 and a 1 year high of $4.15. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $3.86 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $3.91.

About Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc is a closed ended fixed-income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. It is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company and Western Asset Management Company Limited. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States.