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Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund INC. (HIO) stock price history
Every NYSE trading session of Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund INC. from Nov 16, 1993 to Sep 28, 2026: 8,271 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
HIO adjusted close, 1993 to 2026
- $3.67
- All time high, 2025
- $3.69
- 52 week high, $3.24 low
- 8,271
- Daily sessions since 1993
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1993 to 2026 series and minute bars.
HIO key facts
- Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund INC. (HIO) closed at $3.27 on Sep 28, 2026 on NYSE.
- HIO's all time high close is $3.67, set on Sep 17, 2025; its all time low close is $0.5375 on Nov 8, 1994.
- HIO's 52 week range is $3.24 to $3.69.
- HIO returned -6.6% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +2.7% over five years.
- Over ten years HIO returned +53%, +4.3% a year compounded.
- HIO's deepest drawdown was -49.7% from Jun 1, 2007 to Nov 20, 2008.
- DataCedar holds 8,271 daily sessions of HIO history from Nov 16, 1993 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
HIO price chart, 1993 to 2026
HIO returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -6.0% |
| 3 months | -9.2% |
| 6 months | -4.8% |
| Year to date | -6.3% |
| 1 year | -6.6% |
| 3 years | +22.1% |
| 5 years | +2.7% |
| 10 years | +53.0% |
| Since Nov 16, 1993 | +426.3% |
| Compound annual growth, 32.9 years | +5.2% |
HIO records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $3.67 on Sep 17, 2025
- All time low close
- $0.5375 on Nov 8, 1994
- 52 week high
- $3.69 on Jul 1, 2026
- 52 week low
- $3.24 on Sep 25, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -49.7% from Jun 1, 2007 to Nov 20, 2008, recovered Aug 12, 2009
- Best single session
- +19.1% on Oct 13, 2008
- Worst single session
- -24.6% on Mar 18, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 11.0%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 44%
- Growth of 1 since 1993
- 5.3×
- Best calendar year
- 2009, +70%
- Worst calendar year
- 2008, -25%
HIO price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1993 starts on Nov 16, 1993; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.50 | $3.69 | $3.24 | $3.27 | -6.5% | 72M | 185 |
| 2025 | $3.35 | $3.68 | $2.91 | $3.50 | +5.5% | 109.8M | 250 |
| 2024 | $2.92 | $3.38 | $2.89 | $3.32 | +13.8% | 96.9M | 252 |
| 2023 | $2.70 | $2.94 | $2.58 | $2.92 | +8.1% | 68.7M | 250 |
| 2022 | $3.27 | $3.27 | $2.40 | $2.70 | -17.1% | 65.7M | 251 |
| 2021 | $2.90 | $3.36 | $2.85 | $3.25 | +12.8% | 55.3M | 252 |
| 2020 | $2.72 | $2.94 | $1.63 | $2.88 | +6.2% | 145.6M | 253 |
| 2019 | $2.18 | $2.72 | $2.18 | $2.71 | +24.3% | 71.1M | 252 |
| 2018 | $2.36 | $2.39 | $2.06 | $2.18 | -7.5% | 83.3M | 251 |
| 2017 | $2.17 | $2.38 | $2.16 | $2.36 | +9.0% | 95.9M | 251 |
| 2016 | $1.85 | $2.17 | $1.66 | $2.17 | +16.4% | 84.2M | 252 |
| 2015 | $1.95 | $2.03 | $1.71 | $1.86 | -4.9% | 83.2M | 252 |
| 2014 | $2.01 | $2.15 | $1.87 | $1.96 | -2.4% | 76.7M | 252 |
| 2013 | $2.03 | $2.14 | $1.83 | $2.00 | -0.7% | 65.7M | 252 |
| 2012 | $1.80 | $2.10 | $1.46 | $2.02 | +13.0% | 61.2M | 250 |
| 2011 | $1.62 | $1.81 | $1.49 | $1.79 | +10.6% | 54.1M | 252 |
| 2010 | $1.44 | $1.67 | $1.34 | $1.62 | +11.9% | 60.3M | 252 |
| 2009 | $0.8237 | $1.46 | $0.7043 | $1.44 | +70.5% | 63.4M | 252 |
| 2008 | $1.14 | $1.21 | $0.5254 | $0.8471 | -25.4% | 59.9M | 253 |
| 2007 | $1.17 | $1.28 | $1.03 | $1.14 | -3.4% | 50.8M | 251 |
| 2006 | $0.9702 | $1.19 | $0.9670 | $1.18 | +21.2% | 42.9M | 251 |
| 2005 | $0.9990 | $1.04 | $0.9258 | $0.9702 | -2.7% | 50.1M | 252 |
| 2004 | $0.9771 | $1.03 | $0.8399 | $0.9976 | +2.2% | 42.4M | 252 |
| 2003 | $0.7767 | $0.9880 | $0.7767 | $0.9757 | +25.6% | 38.2M | 252 |
| 2002 | $0.8301 | $0.8861 | $0.6220 | $0.7767 | -5.8% | 29.8M | 252 |
| 2001 | $0.8488 | $0.9820 | $0.6499 | $0.8245 | -3.6% | 31.7M | 248 |
| 2000 | $0.7554 | $0.8960 | $0.7417 | $0.8550 | +14.0% | 38.7M | 252 |
| 1999 | $0.8299 | $0.8986 | $0.7207 | $0.7499 | -9.6% | 44.9M | 252 |
| 1998 | $0.9020 | $0.9337 | $0.7601 | $0.8299 | -8.5% | 33M | 252 |
| 1997 | $0.7549 | $0.9198 | $0.7444 | $0.9065 | +20.1% | 35.2M | 253 |
| 1996 | $0.6308 | $0.7650 | $0.6123 | $0.7549 | +21.1% | 36.1M | 254 |
| 1995 | $0.5445 | $0.6632 | $0.5375 | $0.6234 | +14.5% | 36.1M | 252 |
| 1994 | $0.6353 | $0.6660 | $0.5306 | $0.5445 | -14.3% | 38.5M | 252 |
| 1993 | $0.6277 | $0.6481 | $0.6032 | $0.6353 | n/a | 2.9M | 32 |
HIO monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $3.27 | -6.3% |
| August 2026 | $3.49 | -1.1% |
| July 2026 | $3.53 | -3.0% |
| June 2026 | $3.64 | +0.7% |
| May 2026 | $3.61 | -0.1% |
| April 2026 | $3.62 | +2.7% |
| March 2026 | $3.52 | -2.2% |
| February 2026 | $3.60 | +0.4% |
| January 2026 | $3.59 | +2.6% |
| December 2025 | $3.50 | -1.2% |
| November 2025 | $3.54 | -0.9% |
| October 2025 | $3.57 | +1.5% |
About the HIO data
Daily bars. 8,271 sessions from Nov 16, 1993 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per NYSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 25, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Nov 16, 1993, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/HIO/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
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