iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Plans Dividend Increase – $0.06 Per Share

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) declared a dividend on Friday, June 28th, NASDAQ reports. Investors of record on Monday, July 1st will be given a dividend of 0.0606 per share on Friday, July 5th. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 1st. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

GOVT stock traded down $0.10 during trading on Friday, reaching $22.57. 8,310,793 shares of the stock were exchanged. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $22.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.62.

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.