Closing Bell: West Fraser Timber CO Ltd up on Wednesday (WFG)

In today's trading, shares of West Fraser Timber CO Ltd opened at $121.44 and closed at $122.43. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $121.27 to a high of $124.18.

Shares advanced 0.86 percent from the previous day's close of $121.39.

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.

West Fraser Timber CO Ltd traded under WFG on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 179,810 on 1,282 total trades, with an average volume of 197,882 over the last 5 days.

The TSX overall saw 3,418 price advancers against 1,773 declines and 138 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, WFG.TO has traded as high as $124.18 (July 31,2024) and low as $88.61 (October 26,2023). Moreover, the shares have climbed 8.56 percent in the last 12 months, while they have advanced 8.00% since the start of 2024.

It announced a 0.32 dividend on June 12/24, with an June 26/24 ex-date and July 12/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd has a market capitalization of $9.76 billion on a float of 80,374 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $1.69.

West Fraser Timber CO Ltd is a TSX Lumber & Wood Production company headquartered in Vancouver, CAN.

Currently, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd has an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" based on 5.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 5 analysts, 5 have buy ratings.

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