Closing Bell: Gildan Activewear Inc up on Friday (GIL)

Today in trading, Gildan Activewear Inc shares closed at $54.09 after opening the day at $53.87. It traded at a low of $53.79 to a high of $54.53.

Shares advanced 0.43 percent from the previous day's close of $53.86.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.16% at 22690.39, the S&P 500 closed -0.78% at 5544.59, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.29% at 40665.02 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.70% at 17871.22.

Gildan Activewear Inc traded under GIL on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 161,792 on 1,229 total trades, while having an average volume of 232,237 over the last 5-days.

The TSX overall saw 1,821 price advancers against 3,352 declines and 121 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, GIL.TO has traded as high as $54.92 (July 16,2024) and low as $36.42 (September 25,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Gildan Activewear Inc's shares have advanced 27.63 percent, while they have advanced 23.44% this year.

It announced a 0.20 dividend on May 01/24, with an May 22/24 ex-date and June 17/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Gildan Activewear Inc has a market capitalization of $9.08 billion on a float of 168,590 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.96.

Gildan Activewear Inc is a TSX Apparel Manufacturing company headquartered in Montreal, CAN.

Currently, Gildan Activewear Inc has an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" based on 10.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 10 analysts, 7 have buy ratings and 3 analysts gave hold ratings.

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