Closing Bell: West Fraser Timber CO Ltd down on Thursday (WFG)
Today during trading, shares of West Fraser Timber CO Ltd opened at $121.97 and closed at $119.71. It traded at a low of $118.89 to a high of $123.74.
Shares shrank -2.22 percent from the previous day's close of $122.43.
During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -1.68% at 22723.21, the S&P 500 closed 1.58% at 5522.30, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.24% at 40842.79 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 2.64% at 17599.40.
West Fraser Timber CO Ltd has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker WFG.
Trading volume was 157,617 on 1,395 total trades, with an average volume of 171,753 over the last 5 days.
Trading across the entire TSX saw 907 price advancers against 4,327 declines and 72 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, in the last 52 weeks, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd's shares have boosted 8.34%, while in 2024, they have boosted 5.60%.
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.
West Fraser Timber CO Ltd is holding an average recommendation of "Strong Buy" from 5.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 5 analysts, 5 have buy ratings.
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