Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II Announces Monthly Dividend of $0.15 (NYSEARCA:EOS)

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II (NYSEARCA:EOS) declared a monthly dividend on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of 0.1523 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 8.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th.

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II Trading Up 1.0%

EOS traded up $0.22 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $22.06. The company had a trading volume of 31,305 shares, compared to its average volume of 127,714. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $22.55 and its 200 day moving average price is $23.14. Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II has a 52 week low of $17.56 and a 52 week high of $24.49.

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II Company Profile

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. The fund invests in public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in growth stocks of mid-cap and large-cap companies. It generates current earnings from option premiums by selling covered call options on a substantial portion of its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 1000 Growth Index, the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index, and the CBOE NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Index.