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BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.

Financial Services · Asset Management - Income

$9.50

Down-$0.03 (-0.31%)

Updated Oct 7, 2026, 4:42 AM

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4.0/10

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Market cap
267.12M
P/E ratio
11.78
Dividend yield
11.14%
52-week range
$9.50 – $11.34
Volume
533.21K
Avg. volume
212.76K

Price performance · BKT

BKT price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 6, 2026

BKT closed at $9.50 after 21 trading sessions, down 6.31% for the selected period.

Last close
$9.50
Period change
-6.31%
Period low
$9.50
Period high
$10.14
Daily close
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BKT OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 6, 2026$9.57$9.5799$9.42$9.50533.21K
Oct 5, 2026$9.56$9.67$9.51$9.53338.59K
Oct 2, 2026$9.63$9.69$9.59$9.65270.35K
Oct 1, 2026$9.58$9.6242$9.54$9.59144.75K
Sep 30, 2026$9.58$9.66$9.55$9.55204.78K
Sep 29, 2026$9.54$9.5899$9.50$9.5647.62K
Sep 28, 2026$9.55$9.57$9.51$9.55154.86K
Sep 25, 2026$9.51$9.585$9.495$9.55185.11K
Sep 24, 2026$9.62$9.68$9.51$9.53223.04K
Sep 23, 2026$9.68$9.68$9.59$9.61236.82K
Sep 22, 2026$9.73$9.74$9.67$9.69222.86K
Sep 21, 2026$9.74$9.74$9.64$9.73355.58K
Sep 18, 2026$9.80$9.8421$9.68$9.74396.26K
Sep 17, 2026$9.84$9.85$9.73$9.79356.3K
Sep 16, 2026$9.86$9.895$9.73$9.78228.83K
Sep 15, 2026$9.89$9.92$9.82$9.84147.78K
Sep 14, 2026$10.04$10.10$9.9301$9.94130.37K
Sep 11, 2026$10.03$10.13$9.9522$10.02147.49K
Sep 10, 2026$10.11$10.11$10.01$10.01140.68K
Sep 9, 2026$10.14$10.16$10.13$10.1392.13K
Sep 8, 2026$10.20$10.21$10.14$10.14171.69K

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Blackrock Income Trust Inc is a diversified investment fund with an investment objective to manage a portfolio of high-quality securities to achieve both preservations of capital and high monthly income. The trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 65 percent of its assets in mortgage-backed securities. The Fund invests at least 80 percent of its assets in securities that are (i) issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities or (ii) rated at the time of investment either AAA by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Aaa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc (Moody's). The Fund may invest directly in such securities or synthetically through the use of derivatives.

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businesswire.com · Nov 14, 2025

BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (BKT) Announces Renewal of Discount Management Programs

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $BKT--BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BKT) (the “Fund”) announced today the renewal of its discount management program (the "Program"). Under terms of the Program, the Fund intends to offer to repurchase a portion of its common shares via tender offer if certain conditions are met, as detailed below. If the Fund's common shares trade at an average daily discount to net asset value ("NAV") of more than 7.50% during the 12-week measurement period beginning on July 9, 2026.

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