MFS Charter Income Trust (NYSE:MCR) Declares Dividend Increase – $0.05 Per Share

MFS Charter Income Trust (NYSE:MCRGet Free Report) announced a monthly dividend on Monday, March 3rd, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be given a dividend of 0.0452 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, March 31st. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 18th. This is a 0.6% increase from MFS Charter Income Trust’s previous monthly dividend of $0.04.

MFS Charter Income Trust has increased its dividend payment by an average of 3.9% annually over the last three years.

MFS Charter Income Trust Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of MCR opened at $6.27 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $6.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $6.36. MFS Charter Income Trust has a fifty-two week low of $6.01 and a fifty-two week high of $6.58.

About MFS Charter Income Trust

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MFS Charter Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company. The fund invests in the fixed income markets across the globe. It invests primarily in corporate bonds of U.S. or foreign issuers, U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed, and other asset-backed securities of U.S.

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