Closing Bell: Russel Metals down on Wednesday (RUS)

Russel Metals opened trading today at $38.52 and closed at $38.52. prices ranged from $38.32 to $39.02.

Shares eased -0.64 percent from the previous day's close of $38.77.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed 1.07% at 22995.39, the S&P 500 closed 0.64% at 5667.20, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.85% at 40954.48 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.20% at 18509.34.

Russel Metals has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker RUS.

A total of 185,856 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 1,099, while having an average volume of 176,118 over the last 5-days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 2,100 price advancers against 3,108 declines and 117 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, RUS.TO has traded as high as $47.39 (February 16,2024) and low as $33.38 (October 25,2023). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Russel Metals's shares have advanced 1.61%, while this year, they have dipped -14.46%.

It announced a 0.42 dividend on May 03/24, with an May 29/24 ex-date and June 14/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Russel Metals has a market capitalization of $2.33 billion on a float of 60,085 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.96.

Russel Metals is a TSX Industrial Distribution company headquartered in Mississauga, CAN.

Based on 7.00 analysts, Russel Metals gets an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" according to Zacks. Currently, there are 5 buy ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock.

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