Today in trading, Russel Metals shares closed at $39.80 after opening the day at $39.30. It traded at a low of $39.16 to a high of $39.95.

The price advanced 1.12% from the previous day's close of $39.36.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed tsx_percentage_change% at 21807.37, the S&P 500 closed sp_500_percentage_change% at 4967.23, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed dow_jones_percentage_change% at 37986.40 and the Nasdaq Composite closed nasdaq_percentage_change% at 15282.01.

Russel Metals traded under RUS on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).

Trading volume was 124,164 on 836 total trades, while having an average volume of 139,445 in the last five days.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 3,754 price advancers against 1,430 declines and 130 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, the shares have boosted 17.09% in 52 weeks, while they have dipped -11.61% this year.

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 $2.36 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.

Currently, Russel Metals's consensus rating is "Moderate Buy" based on 8 analysts according to Zacks. Currently, there are 5 buy ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock.

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