Closing Bell: Emera Incorporated up on Friday (EMA)

Emera Incorporated opened trading today at $48.90 and closed at $49.71. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $48.60 to a high of $49.77.

Shares boosted 1.64 percent from the previous day's close of $48.91.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -2.18% at 22227.63, the S&P 500 closed -1.84% at 5346.56, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.51% at 39737.26 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -2.43% at 16776.16.

Emera Incorporated traded under EMA on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 3,984,773 on 5,862 total trades, with an average volume of 2,295,448 in the last five days.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 432 price advancers against 4,843 declines and 43 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, EMA.TO has traded as high as $52.39 (August 10,2023) and low as $43.67 (October 23,2023). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Emera Incorporated's shares have dipped -4.72%, while this year, they have decreased -1.17%.

It announced a 0.72 dividend on July 12/24, with an August 01/24 ex-date and August 15/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Emera Incorporated has a market capitalization of $14.25 billion on a float of 286,600 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.23.

Emera Incorporated is a TSX Utilities Regulated Electric company headquartered in Halifax, CAN.

Based on 10.00 analysts, Emera Incorporated gets an average recommendation of "Hold" according to Zacks. Currently, there are 4 buy ratings, 1 sell ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock.

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