Russel Metals opened trading today at $38.52 and closed at $39.10. Intraday prices ranged from a low of $38.45 to a high of $40.07.

The price advanced 1.51 percent from the previous day's close of $38.52.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed 1.42% at 22259.47, the S&P 500 closed 1.26% at 5127.79, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1.18% at 38675.68 and the Nasdaq Composite closed 1.99% at 16156.33.

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

Trading volume was 252,753 on 1,117 total trades, while having an average volume of 218,265 in the last five days.

The TSX overall saw 3,516 price advancers against 1,683 declines and 111 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 15.31 percent in the last 12 months, while they have decreased -13.17% since the start of 2024.

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 $2.31 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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