Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces — Dividend of $0.10 (NYSE:HYI)

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HYI) declared a — dividend on Wednesday, November 20th,Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of 0.095 per share on Monday, March 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 9.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 21st.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Stock Up 1.3 %

Shares of NYSE:HYI opened at $12.14 on Friday. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund has a 12-month low of $11.34 and a 12-month high of $12.44. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $12.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $11.91.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Company Profile

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company, Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd., Western Asset Management Company Ltd and Western Asset Management Company Limited.