Closing Bell: Russel Metals down on Friday (RUS)

Today, shares of Russel Metals opened at $39.00 and closed at $38.60. It traded at a low of $38.10 to a high of $39.16.

Shares decreased -1.81% from the previous day's close of $39.31.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -2.18% at 22227.63, the S&P 500 closed -1.37% at 5446.68, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.21% at 40347.97 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -2.30% at 17194.15.

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

Trading volume was 250,024 on 1,746 total trades, with an average volume of 275,961 in the last five days.

The TSX overall saw 741 price advancers against 4,512 declines and 69 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 12 months, Russel Metals's shares have advanced 0.78 percent, while this year, they have dipped -14.28%.

It announced a 0.42 dividend on July 31/24, with an August 28/24 ex-date and September 16/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Russel Metals has a market capitalization of $2.31 billion on a float of 58,667 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.43.

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

Russel Metals is holding an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from 7.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 5 have buy ratings and 2 analysts gave hold ratings.

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