Closing Bell: Baytex Energy Corp up on Wednesday (BTE)

Baytex Energy Corp opened trading today at $5.00 and closed at $5.13. Intraday prices ranged from $5.00 to $5.18.

Shares boosted 5.34% from the previous day's close of $4.87.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed 1.25% at 23110.81, the S&P 500 closed -0.50% at 5436.44, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.50% at 40743.33 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -1.28% at 17147.42.

Baytex Energy Corp traded under BTE on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 7,605,615 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 6,031, with an average volume of 7,493,454 over the last 5 days.

The TSX overall saw 3,418 price advancers against 1,773 declines and 138 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, BTE.TO has traded as high as $6.37 (October 20,2023) and low as $3.96 (February 05,2024). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Baytex Energy Corp's shares have decreased -3.57 percent, while this year, they have boosted 17.12%.

It announced a 0.02 dividend on July 25/24, with an September 16/24 ex-date and October 01/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Baytex Energy Corp has a market capitalization of $3.92 billion on a float of 804,977 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $-0.69.

Baytex Energy Corp is a TSX Oil & Gas E&P company headquartered in Calgary, CAN.

Based on 8.00 analysts, Baytex Energy Corp gets an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" according to Zacks. Currently, there are 5 buy ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock.

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