Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (HIO) To Go Ex-Dividend on October 23rd

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HIOGet Free Report) declared a monthly dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 23rd will be paid a dividend of 0.0355 per share by the closed-end fund on Friday, October 30th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 12.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 23rd.

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Trading Down 0.1%

NYSE HIO opened at $3.56 on Friday. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund has a one year low of $3.47 and a one year high of $4.05. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $3.61 and a 200 day moving average of $3.66.

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Company Profile

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Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc (NYSE: HIO) is a diversified closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide high current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in high-yield and other fixed-income securities. The Fund’s portfolio is actively managed by Western Asset Management Company, an affiliate of Franklin Templeton, and may include below-investment-grade corporate debt, emerging-market sovereign and corporate bonds, bank loans, mortgage- and asset-backed securities.

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