Today in trading, Russel Metals shares closed at $39.27 after opening the day at $39.34. prices ranged from a low of $38.59 to a high of $39.44.

The price dipped -1.16% from the previous day's close of $39.73.

Today across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.05% at 21885.38, the S&P 500 closed 0.02% at 5071.63, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -0.11% at 38460.92 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 0.10% at 15712.75.

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

A total of 142,042 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,172, with an average volume of 116,830 over 5 days.

Trading across the entire TSX saw 1,786 price advancers against 3,411 declines and 112 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 boosted 15.16%, while they have dipped -12.79% 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 $2.39 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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