Cipher Mining closed the session up 10.4% at $16.66, the widest gain across 111 priority names. At the other end, ON Semiconductor gave up 8.9% and Diamondback Energy 7.8%, a roughly 19-point spread between the best and worst names on the day.
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Diamondback raised its quarterly payout 10% from a year ago to $1.10 a share, a signal the Permian pure play is funding shareholder returns comfortably at current crude prices. Buyers after today's ex-date miss this one.
- 2EXEExpand Energy$0.58/sh$138M
- 3VNOMViper Energy$0.67/sh$131M
- 4SFDSmithfield Foods$0.31/sh$123M
- 5ZIONZions Bancorporation$0.48/sh$70.1M
Diamondback Energy is paying out $309 million to shareholders on August 20, at $1.10 a share, the biggest cash payment of today's group. Oil and gas names take three of the top five spots, with Smithfield Foods and Zions Bancorporation rounding out the list.
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