Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI) NYSE

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HYI Historical Return

If you invested $1000 in Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI) 10 years ago, it would be worth $1,435.41 as of October 02, 2026, based on a reinvested dividends scenario. Over the same period, a $1000 investment made 5 years ago would be worth $956.48, while $1000 invested 1 year ago would be worth $895.83. This corresponds to total returns of 43.54%, -4.35%, -10.42%, respectively, with annualized returns of 3.68%, -0.89%, -10.42%.

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HYI Historical Data

Date Range:

Date	Open	Close	Adj Close	High	Low	Volume
October 01, 2026	9.88	9.89	9.89	9.89	9.72	51,161
September 30, 2026	9.86	9.86	9.86	9.93	9.86	68,320
September 29, 2026	9.87	9.85	9.85	9.94	9.79	105,578
September 28, 2026	9.85	9.83	9.83	9.87	9.81	50,670
September 25, 2026	9.81	9.89	9.89	9.92	9.72	98,857
September 24, 2026	9.95	9.81	9.81	9.99	9.81	58,915
September 23, 2026	10.07	9.96	9.96	10.07	9.95	37,801
September 22, 2026	10.15	10.14	10.14	10.18	10.11	61,358
September 21, 2026	10.21	10.16	10.16	10.21	10.14	37,610
September 18, 2026	10.17	10.15	10.15	10.19	10.04	30,561
September 17, 2026	10.16	10.18	10.18	10.22	10.12	128,948
September 16, 2026	10.22	10.11	10.11	10.22	10.1	103,225
September 15, 2026	10.19	10.16	10.16	10.27	10.11	104,560
September 11, 2026	10.19	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.19	34,404
September 10, 2026	10.27	10.21	10.21	10.27	10.21	65,577
September 09, 2026	10.29	10.26	10.26	10.3	10.26	52,397
September 08, 2026	10.33	10.28	10.28	10.33	10.26	142,315
September 04, 2026	10.34	10.31	10.31	10.37	10.31	34,100
September 03, 2026	10.35	10.32	10.32	10.35	10.27	0
September 02, 2026	10.34	10.33	10.33	10.36	10.31	16,871
September 01, 2026	10.37	10.31	10.31	10.38	10.31	47,313
August 31, 2026	10.38	10.38	10.38	10.38	10.3	64,976
August 28, 2026	10.42	10.37	10.37	10.42	10.37	35,424
August 27, 2026	10.42	10.39	10.39	10.44	10.38	22,770
August 26, 2026	10.4	10.39	10.39	10.44	10.36	29,021
August 25, 2026	10.37	10.41	10.41	10.42	10.36	55,384
August 24, 2026	10.38	10.36	10.36	10.38	10.34	15,387
August 21, 2026	10.51	10.46	10.46	10.51	10.44	55,359
August 20, 2026	10.53	10.49	10.49	10.53	10.45	71,693
August 19, 2026	10.54	10.51	10.51	10.59	10.51	0
August 18, 2026	10.5	10.52	10.52	10.53	10.48	70,796
August 17, 2026	10.5	10.52	10.52	10.54	10.48	48,024
August 14, 2026	10.54	10.53	10.53	10.55	10.5	30,201
August 13, 2026	10.52	10.52	10.52	10.55	10.52	41,523
August 12, 2026	10.54	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.5	0
August 11, 2026	10.51	10.51	10.51	10.55	10.49	0
August 10, 2026	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.53	10.48	49,866
August 07, 2026	10.52	10.51	10.51	10.55	10.51	26,238
August 06, 2026	10.54	10.51	10.51	10.54	10.47	33,747
August 05, 2026	10.54	10.54	10.54	10.54	10.48	19,155
August 04, 2026	10.48	10.52	10.52	10.54	10.47	86,073
August 03, 2026	10.38	10.45	10.45	10.53	10.38	44,396
July 31, 2026	10.42	10.39	10.39	10.46	10.35	127,044
July 30, 2026	10.44	10.4	10.4	10.44	10.36	56,824
July 29, 2026	10.42	10.39	10.39	10.42	10.39	89,614
July 28, 2026	10.41	10.42	10.42	10.45	10.4	75,436
July 27, 2026	10.45	10.38	10.38	10.48	10.37	71,758
July 24, 2026	10.44	10.42	10.42	10.48	10.4	65,866
July 23, 2026	10.54	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.48	75,874
July 22, 2026	10.63	10.54	10.54	10.63	10.52	44,190
July 21, 2026	10.6	10.63	10.63	10.63	10.57	50,125
July 20, 2026	10.58	10.58	10.58	10.63	10.55	50,509
July 17, 2026	10.57	10.56	10.56	10.58	10.55	30,275
July 16, 2026	10.59	10.59	10.59	10.6	10.57	63,434
July 15, 2026	10.59	10.59	10.59	10.64	10.56	44,040
July 14, 2026	10.55	10.57	10.57	10.61	10.55	32,219
July 13, 2026	10.61	10.56	10.56	10.61	10.54	58,950
July 10, 2026	10.65	10.65	10.65	10.69	10.57	148,192
July 09, 2026	10.6	10.62	10.62	10.7	10.57	57,664
July 08, 2026	10.57	10.57	10.57	10.63	10.55	103,461