Mexico Equity and Income Fund

MXE

Market cap $50.6M

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MXE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors has declared a year-end cash dividend of $0.2981 per share on its common stock consisting entirely of ordinary income payable on December 31, 2024 to stockholders of record on December 23, 2024.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MXE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors has declared a year-end cash dividend of $0.3012 per share on its common stock consisting entirely of ordinary income payable on January 5, 2024 to stockholders of record on December 28, 2023. For taxable purposes, stockholders should report this dividend as income earned in 2023 even though it will be paid in 2024. The Fund is a closed-end management in.

For the first month in four, both equity (+6.05% on a NAV basis) and fixed income (+5.81%) CEFs on average posted handsome plus-side returns. At month end, 9% of all CEFs traded at a premium to their NAV, with 10% of equity CEFs and 8% of fixed income CEFs trading in premium territory. Developed Markets CEFs (+8.93%), for the first month in eight, outpaced the other classifications in the equity CEF universe for November.