Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (NYSE:OIA) Short Interest Down 42.8% in February

Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (NYSE:OIA) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 25,700 shares, a decrease of 42.8% from the January 31st total of 44,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 152,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust Price Performance

Shares of OIA traded down $0.05 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $6.16. 19,193 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 97,624. Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust has a fifty-two week low of $5.78 and a fifty-two week high of $6.99. The business’s 50 day moving average is $6.07 and its two-hundred day moving average is $6.40.

Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th were given a $0.0291 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $0.35 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.67%.

Institutional Trading of Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of OIA. Guggenheim Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 1,144,654 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $6,753,000 after purchasing an additional 59,007 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 854,922 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $5,044,000 after buying an additional 36,999 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust by 33.1% during the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 265,083 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $1,564,000 after buying an additional 65,856 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its position in Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust by 10.0% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 217,955 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $1,286,000 after buying an additional 19,889 shares during the period. Finally, Logan Stone Capital LLC purchased a new position in Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,083,000. 12.57% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust

Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Invesco Ltd. The fund is co-managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc, INVESCO Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, INVESCO Asset Management Limited, INVESCO Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, INVESCO Senior Secured Management, Inc, and Invesco Canada Ltd.