iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Increases Dividend to $0.07 Per Share

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) announced a dividend on Friday, January 31st,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of 0.0674 per share on Thursday, February 6th. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 3rd. This is a boost from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GOVT stock traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $22.58. The company had a trading volume of 6,437,230 shares. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $22.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.92.

About iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.