Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI) To Go Ex-Dividend on May 22nd

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HYI) announced a monthly dividend on Friday, February 21st, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Thursday, May 22nd will be paid a dividend of 0.095 per share on Monday, June 2nd. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 22nd.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Stock Performance

NYSE:HYI opened at $12.05 on Friday. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund has a 52 week low of $11.38 and a 52 week high of $12.44. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $12.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.10.

About Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund

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.