BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE:BMEZ) Declares Monthly Dividend of $0.18

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE:BMEZ) declared a monthly dividend on Monday, March 3rd, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of 0.1763 per share on Monday, March 31st. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 13.85%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th.

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 Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust stock traded up $0.04 on Wednesday, reaching $15.27. 51,977 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 413,917. BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust has a one year low of $14.27 and a one year high of $16.75. The company has a 50-day moving average of $15.77 and a 200 day moving average of $15.66.

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.