In trading today, Russel Metals shares closed at $39.41 after opening the day at $40.63. prices ranged from a low of $39.29 to a high of $40.63.

Shares eased -3.24 percent from the previous day's close of $40.73.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -0.45% at 21642.87, the S&P 500 closed -0.21% at 5051.41, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.17% at 37798.97 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -0.12% at 15865.25.

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

A total of 130,685 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,041. On average, Russel Metals has traded 143,986 shares in the last five days and 180,004 year-to-date.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 2,131 price advancers against 3,083 declines and 114 unchanged.

During the prior 52 weeks, RUS.TO has traded as high as $47.39 (February 16,2024) and low as $32.53 (April 18,2023). Moreover, in the last 12 months, Russel Metals's shares have boosted 19.64 percent, while in 2024, they have decreased -12.48%.

It announced a 0.40 dividend on February 08/24, with an February 28/24 ex-date and March 15/24 pay day.

Following today's trading, Russel Metals has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion on a float of 60,085 shares outstanding. Its annual EPS is $4.33.

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

Russel Metals is holding an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from 8.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 8 analysts, 5 have buy ratings and 3 analysts gave hold ratings.

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