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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust

BST · NYSE

$46.51−$0.36 (−0.77%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $46.87

About BST

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust is a US-based company operating in industry. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The company went IPO on 2014-10-29. BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (the Trust) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust's investment objective is to provide income and total return 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, approximately 80% of its total assets in equity securities of the United States (U.S.) and non-U.S. science and technology companies in any market capitalization range. The company seeks to pursues this goal primarily by investing in a portfolio of equity securities and also by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call and put options. The Trust invests in various industries, including software, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, information technology (IT) services, financial services, broadline retail, entertainment, and diversified consumer services. The Trust's investment manager is BlackRock Advisors, LLC.

Employees
0
Headquarters
Wilmington, Delaware
Listed
Oct 29, 2014
Sector
N/A
Industry
N/A
Website
blackrock.com

BST key statistics

Market cap
1.69B
Price-earnings ratio
6.49
Dividend yield
8.81%
Average volume
109.66K
Volume
56.27K
Open price
$46.47
High today
$47.44
Low today
$46.25
52 Week high
$52.32
52 Week low
$34.87

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) at a glance

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) last traded at $46.51, with a market cap of 1.69B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.49 and a dividend yield of 8.81%.

Today the stock has traded between $46.25 and $47.44. The current price is 0.6% above the day's low and 2.0% below its high.

Volume so far is 56.27K shares, below the average of 109.66K shares a day.

Over the past year BlackRock Science and Technology Trust has ranged from $34.87 to $52.32, and now sits 67% of the way up that range.

BST news

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Provide Updates on their Discount Management Programs

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) and BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (BSTZ) Announce Special Distributions

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    BlackRock Provides Update on Closed-End Fund Discount Management Programs

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

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