BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) To Go Ex-Dividend on April 15th

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE:BMEZ) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, April 3rd, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.174 per share on Wednesday, April 30th. This represents a $2.09 annualized dividend and a yield of 15.35%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 15th.

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust has raised its dividend payment by an average of 1.6% per year over the last three years.

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Stock Down 5.0 %

BMEZ stock opened at $13.60 on Friday. BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust has a one year low of $13.52 and a one year high of $16.75. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $15.59 and its 200-day moving average price is $15.54.

About BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II’s (BMEZ) (the ‘Trust’) investment objective is to provide total return and income through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of companies principally engaged in the health sciences group of industries and equity derivatives with exposure to the health sciences group of industries.