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 $1,542.77 as of August 23, 2026, based on a reinvested dividends scenario. Over the same period, a $1000 investment made 5 years ago would be worth $1,036.67, while $1000 invested 1 year ago would be worth $934.76. This corresponds to total returns of 54.28%, 3.67%, -6.52%, respectively, with annualized returns of 4.43%, 0.72%, -6.52%.

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HYI Historical Data

Date Range:

Date	Open	Close	Adj Close	High	Low	Volume
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
July 07, 2026	10.62	10.62	10.62	10.63	10.59	81,231
July 06, 2026	10.61	10.62	10.62	10.68	10.6	53,554
July 02, 2026	10.65	10.61	10.61	10.7	10.61	42,744
July 01, 2026	10.6	10.67	10.67	10.69	10.6	59,887
June 30, 2026	10.58	10.63	10.63	10.64	10.57	135,823
June 29, 2026	10.54	10.58	10.58	10.63	10.53	42,596
June 26, 2026	10.52	10.54	10.54	10.56	10.49	48,283
June 25, 2026	10.48	10.52	10.52	10.59	10.47	99,725
June 24, 2026	10.49	10.49	10.49	10.49	10.45	91,412
June 23, 2026	10.5	10.49	10.49	10.55	10.47	58,489
June 22, 2026	10.58	10.56	10.56	10.61	10.55	90,730
June 18, 2026	10.63	10.6	10.6	10.64	10.6	57,881
June 17, 2026	10.61	10.61	10.61	10.66	10.61	83,600
June 16, 2026	10.62	10.64	10.64	10.66	10.62	36,210
June 15, 2026	10.64	10.63	10.63	10.67	10.63	53,060
June 12, 2026	10.6	10.62	10.62	10.64	10.6	26,898
June 11, 2026	10.61	10.62	10.62	10.64	10.61	22,861
June 10, 2026	10.59	10.61	10.61	10.61	10.59	28,805
June 09, 2026	10.54	10.58	10.58	10.6	10.54	66,376
June 08, 2026	10.54	10.56	10.56	10.58	10.54	76,216
June 05, 2026	10.55	10.54	10.54	10.57	10.53	0
June 04, 2026	10.54	10.59	10.59	10.62	10.54	67,724
June 03, 2026	10.59	10.57	10.57	10.64	10.56	146,778
June 02, 2026	10.57	10.62	10.62	10.63	10.57	56,938
June 01, 2026	10.59	10.61	10.61	10.64	10.56	109,084
May 29, 2026	10.59	10.63	10.63	10.66	10.58	58,047
May 28, 2026	10.56	10.61	10.61	10.63	10.56	89,219