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Add as a preferred source on GoogleShareholders on record Nov. 16 qualify for the distribution, which matches the September payout.
Southern Company scheduled its quarterly dividend at $0.76 per share for Dec. 7, matching September's payout and maintaining a 79-year run without a lower quarterly payment, the company said.
Southern announced the dividend Oct. 20. Shareholders listed on the company's records Nov. 16 will qualify for the distribution.
The company raised its quarterly dividend to $0.76 in April, marking its 25th consecutive year of annual increases. Southern plans to report third-quarter earnings Nov. 5.
The revision follows stronger-than-expected first-half volumes. NDTV Profit also reported higher share-price targets for Eicher Motors, Hero MotoCorp and TVS Motor.
The Oct. 19 open-interest figures cover all contract months, while the price changes refer to near-month futures expiring Oct. 27.
At the Sept. 30 close, the Nifty Midcap 150 and Nifty Smallcap 250 stood at 28.40 and 34.45 times earnings, compared with 19.36 for the Nifty 50.
