Closing Bell: Manulife Fin up on Thursday (MFC)

Manulife Fin opened trading today at $35.50 and closed at $35.70. prices ranged from $35.40 to $36.00.

Shares advanced 0.68% from the previous day's close of $35.46.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.14% at 22608.03, the S&P 500 closed -2.31% at 5427.13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.25% at 39853.87 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -3.64% at 17342.41.

Manulife Fin has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker MFC.

A total of 4,196,617 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 10,129, while having an average volume of 4,069,182 over the last 5-days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 3,490 price advancers against 1,736 declines and 92 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, MFC.TO has traded as high as $37.46 (July 12,2024) and low as $23.69 (October 27,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Manulife Fin's shares have soared 36.78%, while in 2024, they have boosted 21.93%.

It announced a 0.40 dividend on May 09/24, with an May 21/24 ex-date and June 19/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Manulife Fin has a market capitalization of $63.46 billion on a float of 1,789,707 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.33.

Manulife Fin is a TSX Insurance company headquartered in Toronto, CAN.

Currently, Manulife Fin's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 12 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 9 buy ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock.

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