Closing Bell: West Fraser Timber CO Ltd up on Friday (WFG)
In today's trading, West Fraser Timber CO Ltd shares opened at $117.48 and closed at $119.89. prices ranged from a low of $117.48 to a high of $121.11.
Share prices gained 0.15% from the previous day's close of $119.71.
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.
West Fraser Timber CO Ltd traded under WFG on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
Trading volume was 266,925 on 1,827 total trades, with an average volume of 179,487 in the last five days.
The TSX market on the whole today saw 741 price advancers against 4,512 declines and 69 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 boosted 13.62 percent in the last 52 weeks, while they have gained 5.76% 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 $9.62 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's average recommendation is "Strong Buy" based on 6.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 6 analysts, 6 have buy ratings.
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