John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II (NYSE:HPF) Declares $0.12 Monthly Dividend

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II (NYSE:HPF) announced a monthly dividend on Monday, December 2nd,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of 0.1235 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II Trading Up 0.3 %

NYSE:HPF traded up $0.05 on Tuesday, hitting $17.33. The stock had a trading volume of 27,653 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,505. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $18.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $17.38. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II has a 1 year low of $14.74 and a 1 year high of $19.00.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II Company Profile

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC. It is co-managed by John Hancock Asset Management. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors.