约翰·汉考克收益证券信托基金（纽约证券交易所代码：JHS）的空头利息减少了87.8％

John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,700 shares, a drop of 87.8% from the December 31st total of 63,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 27,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On John Hancock Income Securities Trust

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of JHS. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of John Hancock Income Securities Trust by 494.7% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 171,208 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $2,337,000 after purchasing an additional 142,417 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its stake in shares of John Hancock Income Securities Trust by 6.2% in the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 340,520 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $3,875,000 after purchasing an additional 19,916 shares during the last quarter. Fiera Capital Corp grew its stake in shares of John Hancock Income Securities Trust by 23.8% in the 2nd quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 65,475 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $745,000 after purchasing an additional 12,599 shares during the last quarter. Sit Investment Associates Inc. grew its stake in shares of John Hancock Income Securities Trust by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter. Sit Investment Associates Inc. now owns 1,352,397 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $15,390,000 after purchasing an additional 134,395 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Karpus Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of John Hancock Income Securities Trust in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $751,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 32.37% of the company's stock.

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John Hancock Income Securities Trust Stock Up 0.2 %

John Hancock Income Securities Trust stock traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $11.42. 10,557 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 26,325. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $11.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $11.22. John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a 1-year low of $10.11 and a 1-year high of $14.29.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.1377 per share. This is a boost from John Hancock Income Securities Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 9th. This represents a $0.55 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.82%.

About John Hancock Income Securities Trust

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John Hancock Income Securities Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC. It is co-managed by John Hancock Asset Management. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of United States. It invests primarily in corporate and government bonds with average maturity of 7.57 years.

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