Closing Bell: Methanex Corp down on Wednesday (MX)

In trading today, Methanex Corp shares closed at $66.61 after opening the day at $67.27. prices ranged from $66.47 to $67.64.

Shares slid -1.17 percent from the previous day's close of $67.40.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.76% at 22639.57, the S&P 500 closed -0.16% at 5555.74, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.14% at 40358.09 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.06% at 17997.35.

Methanex Corp traded under MX on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

A total of 74,139 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 543, with an average volume of 67,619 over the last 5 days.

The TSX overall saw 1,249 price advancers against 3,959 declines and 110 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, MX.TO has traded as high as $74.25 (May 21,2024) and low as $53.00 (October 26,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Methanex Corp's shares have boosted 17.29%, while they have boosted 6.27% this year.

It announced a 0.18 dividend on July 19/24, with an September 16/24 ex-date and September 30/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Methanex Corp has a market capitalization of $4.54 billion on a float of 67,387 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $2.47.

Methanex Corp is a TSX Chemicals company headquartered in Vancouver, CAN.

Methanex Corp is holding an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from 9.00 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 6 buy ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock.

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