In trading today, Russel Metals shares closed at $38.52 after opening the day at $39.84. prices ranged from $38.08 to $39.84.

Share prices dipped -3.07% from the previous day's close of $39.74.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 0.57% at 21947.41, the S&P 500 closed 0.91% at 5064.20, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.85% at 38225.66 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 1.51% at 15840.96.

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

A total of 173,885 shares was traded during the session, with total trades of 1,437. On average, Russel Metals has traded 202,078 shares over 5 days and 177,067 year-to-date.

The TSX market on the whole today saw 3,333 price advancers against 1,844 declines and 124 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 advanced 9.43% in the last 12 months, while they have dipped -14.46% year-to-date.

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 $3.96.

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

Russel Metals's average recommendation is "Moderate Buy" based on 8.00 analysts according to Zacks. From those 8 analysts, 5 have buy ratings and 3 analysts gave hold ratings.

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