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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.

Financial Services · Asset Management

$10.53

Up+$0.01 (+0.10%)

Updated Aug 15, 2026, 7:38 PM

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4.2/10

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Market cap
250.24M
P/E ratio
11.47
Dividend yield
13.53%
52-week range
$10.35 – $12.13
Volume
30.2K
Avg. volume
70.04K

Price performance

HYI price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

HYI closed at $10.53 after 21 trading sessions, down 0.28% for the selected period.

Last close
$10.53
Period change
-0.28%
Period low
$10.38
Period high
$10.63
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HYI OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Aug 14, 2026$10.54$10.5455$10.50$10.5330.2K
Aug 13, 2026$10.52$10.55$10.50$10.5242.16K
Aug 12, 2026$10.54$10.60$10.50$10.5081.52K
Aug 11, 2026$10.53$10.5499$10.49$10.5171.21K
Aug 10, 2026$10.50$10.53$10.48$10.5049.87K
Aug 7, 2026$10.52$10.5499$10.47$10.5126.59K
Aug 6, 2026$10.54$10.54$10.47$10.5133.75K
Aug 5, 2026$10.54$10.54$10.48$10.5419.16K
Aug 4, 2026$10.48$10.54$10.4701$10.5286.07K
Aug 3, 2026$10.38$10.53$10.38$10.4544.4K
Jul 31, 2026$10.42$10.455$10.35$10.39127.05K
Jul 30, 2026$10.44$10.44$10.36$10.4056.82K
Jul 29, 2026$10.42$10.42$10.39$10.3989.61K
Jul 28, 2026$10.41$10.45$10.40$10.4275.44K
Jul 27, 2026$10.45$10.48$10.37$10.3871.76K
Jul 24, 2026$10.44$10.475$10.40$10.4265.87K
Jul 23, 2026$10.54$10.60$10.48$10.5075.87K
Jul 22, 2026$10.63$10.63$10.52$10.5444.19K
Jul 21, 2026$10.60$10.63$10.57$10.6350.13K
Jul 20, 2026$10.58$10.6289$10.5501$10.5850.51K
Jul 17, 2026$10.57$10.58$10.55$10.5630.28K

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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opps. is a non-diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company. The company's investment objective is to provide high income and seek capital appreciation. The fund invests a majority of its net assets in a portfolio of high-yield corporate fixed-income securities issued or originated by U.S. or foreign public or private corporations and other business entities, with varying maturities.

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