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 $1,502.33 as of November 12, 2026, based on a reinvested dividends scenario. Over the same period, a $1000 investment made 5 years ago would be worth $924.95, while $1000 invested 1 year ago would be worth $889.25. This corresponds to total returns of 50.23%, -7.5%, -11.08%, respectively, with annualized returns of 4.15%, -1.55%, -11.08%.

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HYI Historical Data

Date Range:

Date	Open	Close	Adj Close	High	Low	Volume
November 11, 2026	9.73	9.68	9.68	9.77	9.67	24,729
November 10, 2026	9.72	9.7	9.7	9.75	9.64	32,781
November 09, 2026	9.71	9.77	9.77	9.77	9.71	77,617
November 06, 2026	9.62	9.67	9.67	9.75	9.46	31,629
November 05, 2026	9.72	9.66	9.66	9.72	9.6	51,067
November 04, 2026	9.67	9.77	9.77	9.77	9.66	81,788
November 03, 2026	9.61	9.67	9.67	9.74	9.6	103,705
November 02, 2026	9.62	9.62	9.62	9.68	9.62	83,126
October 30, 2026	9.64	9.59	9.59	9.69	9.54	112,916
October 29, 2026	9.57	9.66	9.66	9.67	9.47	200,264
October 28, 2026	9.58	9.56	9.56	9.59	9.52	267,906
October 27, 2026	9.47	9.59	9.59	9.6	9.43	161,743
October 26, 2026	9.52	9.49	9.49	9.63	9.45	181,963
October 23, 2026	9.56	9.52	9.52	9.58	9.42	40,137
October 22, 2026	9.64	9.65	9.65	9.66	9.62	34,229
October 21, 2026	9.65	9.63	9.63	9.7	9.61	41,834
October 20, 2026	9.7	9.64	9.64	9.7	9.58	130,373
October 19, 2026	9.69	9.7	9.7	9.72	9.68	46,586
October 16, 2026	9.68	9.68	9.68	9.7	9.65	34,876
October 15, 2026	9.62	9.68	9.68	9.7	9.59	42,402
October 14, 2026	9.68	9.61	9.61	9.68	9.6	67,810
October 13, 2026	9.72	9.68	9.68	9.74	9.66	52,106
October 12, 2026	9.72	9.73	9.73	9.75	9.71	33,858
October 09, 2026	9.72	9.75	9.75	9.75	9.72	31,229
October 08, 2026	9.72	9.71	9.71	9.73	9.65	31,400
October 07, 2026	9.77	9.73	9.73	9.77	9.72	39,511
October 06, 2026	9.74	9.78	9.78	9.8	9.71	50,175
October 05, 2026	9.78	9.69	9.69	9.81	9.61	89,818
October 02, 2026	9.85	9.78	9.78	9.9	9.77	168,162
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