Closing Bell: Russel Metals up on Thursday (RUS)

Today, shares of Russel Metals opened at $39.10 and closed at $39.70. prices ranged from a low of $38.97 to a high of $40.06.

Shares advanced 1.72% from the previous day's close of $39.03.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.14% at 22608.03, the S&P 500 closed -2.31% at 5427.13, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.25% at 39853.87 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -3.64% at 17342.41.

Russel Metals has listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker RUS.

Trading volume was 249,060 on 1,114 total trades, while having an average volume of 170,138 over the last 5-days.

The TSX overall saw 3,490 price advancers against 1,736 declines and 92 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, RUS.TO has traded as high as $47.39 (February 16,2024) and low as $33.38 (October 25,2023). Moreover, in the last 52 weeks, Russel Metals's shares have raised 3.47 percent, while this year, they have dipped -11.84%.

It announced a 0.42 dividend on May 03/24, with an May 29/24 ex-date and June 14/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Russel Metals has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion on a float of 60,085 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $3.96.

Russel Metals is a TSX Industrial Distribution company headquartered in Mississauga, CAN.

Currently, Russel Metals's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 7 analysts according to Zacks. From those 7 analysts, 5 have buy ratings and 2 analysts gave hold ratings.

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