Closing Bell: Russel Metals down on Tuesday (RUS)

In trading today, Russel Metals stock opened at $40.06 and closed at $39.92. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $39.73 to a high of $40.53.

The price dipped -0.57% from the previous day's close of $40.15.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.20% at 22824.67, the S&P 500 closed 0.08% at 5463.54, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.12% at 40539.93 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.07% at 17370.20.

Russel Metals traded under RUS on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 132,379 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 914, while having an average volume of 235,822 over the last 5-days.

The TSX overall saw 2,584 price advancers against 2,644 declines and 86 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 boosted 3.34 percent, while they have dipped -11.35% year-to-date.

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 $2.41 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. From those 7 analysts, 5 have buy ratings and 2 analysts gave hold ratings.

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