iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Announces Dividend of $0.06

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) announced a dividend on Friday, February 28th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of 0.0613 per share on Thursday, March 6th. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 3rd.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS GOVT traded up $0.11 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $23.00. The stock had a trading volume of 7,226,518 shares. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $22.53 and its 200 day moving average is $22.88.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

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.