In market activity today, Russel Metals shares opened at $38.63 and closed at $38.19. prices ranged from a low of $38.05 to a high of $38.86.

The price dipped -1.50% from the previous day's close of $38.77.

During the day across North America, the TSX Composite closed -1.35% at 21714.54, the S&P 500 closed -1.57% at 5035.69, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed -1.49% at 37815.92 and the Nasdaq Composite closed -2.04% at 15657.82.

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

A total of 212,500 shares was traded during the last trading day, with total trades of 1,534. On average, Russel Metals has traded 181,596 shares over 5 days and 176,566 year-to-date.

The TSX overall saw 3,401 price advancers against 1,804 declines and 97 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 10.28 percent in the last 12 months, while they have dipped -15.19% 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 $2.33 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'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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