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Date |
Open |
High |
Low |
Close |
Volume |
07/03/2025 |
$11.93 |
$12.00 |
$11.91 |
$11.98 |
54.80K | 07/07/2025 |
$11.95 |
$12.00 |
$11.91 |
$11.98 |
185.70K | 07/08/2025 |
$12.00 |
$12.00 |
$11.95 |
$11.98 |
102.60K | 07/09/2025 |
$12.02 |
$12.02 |
$11.97 |
$11.99 |
66.20K | 07/10/2025 |
$11.99 |
$12.00 |
$11.97 |
$11.99 |
88.70K |
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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund is a non-diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide income. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund will seek capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to attain its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of corporate fixed income securities with varying maturities. Corporate securities include those securities that are issued or originated by United States or foreign public or private corporations and other business entities. | |
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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) has the following price history information. Looking back at HYI historical stock prices for the last five trading days, on July 03, 2025, HYI opened at $11.93, traded as high as $12.00 and as low as $11.91, and closed at $11.98. Trading volume was a total of 54.80K shares. On July 07, 2025, HYI opened at $11.95, traded as high as $12.00 and as low as $11.91, and closed at $11.98. Trading volume was a total of 185.70K shares. On July 08, 2025, HYI opened at $12.00, traded as high as $12.00 and as low as $11.95, and closed at $11.98. Trading volume was a total of 102.60K shares. On July 09, 2025, HYI opened at $12.02, traded as high as $12.02 and as low as $11.97, and closed at $11.99. Trading volume was a total of 66.20K shares. On July 10, 2025, HYI opened at $11.99, traded as high as $12.00 and as low as $11.97, and closed at $11.99. Trading volume was a total of 88.70K shares.
HYI Historical Stock Prices By Date:

Below, we examine the compound annual growth rate — CAGR for short — of an investment into Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund shares, starting with a $10,000 purchase of HYI, and working forward through the historical stock price information to today.
Growth of $10,000.00
With Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
07/14/2015 |
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End date: |
07/10/2025 |
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Start price/share: |
$15.30 |
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End price/share: |
$11.99 |
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Starting shares: |
653.59 |
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Ending shares: |
1,521.82 |
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Dividends reinvested/share: |
$11.57 |
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Total return: |
82.47% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
6.20% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$18,246.25 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Growth of $10,000.00
Without Dividends Reinvested
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Start date: |
07/14/2015 |
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End date: |
07/10/2025 |
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Start price/share: |
$15.30 |
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End price/share: |
$11.99 |
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Dividends collected/share: |
$11.57 |
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Total return: |
54.01% |
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Average Annual Total Return: |
4.41% |
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Starting investment: |
$10,000.00 |
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Ending investment: |
$15,394.64 |
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Years: |
10.00 |
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Date |
Close |
07/03/2025 | $11.98 | 07/07/2025 | $11.98 | 07/08/2025 | $11.98 | 07/09/2025 | $11.99 | 07/10/2025 | $11.99 |
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