John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS) to Distribute Quarterly Dividend of $0.15 on September 30th

John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 1st. Investors of record on Friday, September 11th will be paid a dividend of 0.1546 per share by the financial services provider on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 11th. This is a 0.7% increase from John Hancock Income Securities Trust’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of JHS opened at $10.89 on Wednesday. John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a 12-month low of $10.74 and a 12-month high of $12.09. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $10.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $11.06.

About John Hancock Income Securities Trust

John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE: JHS) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide shareholders with high current income while preserving capital. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange since its launch in the late 1970s, the trust offers investors access to a broad portfolio of fixed-income securities under a professional management structure.

The fund’s primary investment activities include purchasing U.S. government and agency obligations, investment-grade corporate debt, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, preferred stocks, and selected foreign debt instruments.