The Gabelli Utility Trust·Financial Services

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The Gabelli Utility Trust (NYSE: GUT - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $6.08 and traded as high as $6.12. The Gabelli Utility Trust shares last traded at $6.10, with a volume of 181,444 shares changing

RYE, N.Y., Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Trustees of The Gabelli Utility Trust (NYSE:GUT) (the “Fund”) approved the continuation of its policy of paying fixed monthly cash distributions. The Board of Trustees declared cash distributions of $0.05 per share for each of April, May, and June 2026.

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The Gabelli Utility Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. It is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It makes its investments in stocks of companies providing products, services, or equipment for the generation or distribution of electricity, gas, water, telecommunications services, and infrastructure operations. The fund invests in stocks of companies across market capitalization. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against S&P 500 Utilities Index, Lipper Utility Fund Average, and S&P 500 Index. The Gabelli Utility Trust was formed on July 9, 1999 and is domiciled in United States.
Financial Services
Asset Management
1999-07-12
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