Closing Bell: Gildan Activewear Inc up on Wednesday (GIL)

Today, Gildan Activewear Inc shares opened at $56.19 and closed at $56.22. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $55.93 to a high of $56.87.

Share prices advanced 0.73 percent from the previous day's close of $55.81.

During the day 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.

Gildan Activewear Inc has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker GIL.

Trading volume was 386,474 on 1,807 total trades, with an average volume of 281,059 over the last 5 days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 3,418 price advancers against 1,773 declines and 138 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, GIL.TO has traded as high as $56.87 (July 31,2024) and low as $36.42 (September 25,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Gildan Activewear Inc's shares have raised 36.76 percent, while they have advanced 28.30% since the start of 2024.

It announced a 0.20 dividend on May 01/24, with an May 22/24 ex-date and June 17/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Gildan Activewear Inc has a market capitalization of $9.41 billion on a float of 168,590 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.96.

Gildan Activewear Inc is a TSX Apparel Manufacturing company headquartered in Montreal, CAN.

Gildan Activewear Inc's average recommendation is "Moderate Buy" based on 10.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 10 analysts, 7 have buy ratings and 3 analysts gave hold ratings.

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