{"id":814005,"date":"2025-02-18T08:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T08:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:05:36","slug":"western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024<\/b><\/p>\n

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nWestern Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HIO) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2024.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nCurrent Q<\/b><\/td>\n\nPrevious Q<\/b><\/td>\n\nPrior Yr Q<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nDecember 31, 2024<\/b><\/td>\n\nSeptember 30, 2024<\/b><\/td>\n\nDecember 31, 2023<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Net Assets<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n389,684,290\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n402,348,215\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n409,551,878\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

NAV Per Share of Common Stock (a)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n4.10\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n4.23\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n4.31\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Market Price Per Share<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n3.93\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n4.05\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n3.86\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Premium \/ (Discount)<\/td>\n\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(4.15\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)%\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(4.26\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)%\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(10.44\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)%\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Outstanding Shares<\/td>\n\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n95,099,215\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n95,099,215\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n95,099,215\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Net Investment Income (b)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n7,630,465\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n7,558,595\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n8,381,250\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Total Net Realized\/Unrealized Gain\/(Loss) (b)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(10,166,324\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n13,850,789\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n16,486,352\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations (b)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(2,535,859\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n21,409,384\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n24,867,602\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earnings per Common Share Outstanding<\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
Total Net Investment Income (b)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n0.08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n0.08\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n0.09\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Total Net Realized\/Unrealized Gain\/(Loss) (b)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(0.11\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n0.15\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n0.17\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations (b)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(0.03\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n0.23\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n0.26\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Undistributed\/(Overdistributed) Net Investment Income (c)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(6,060,441\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(3,562,840\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(5,208,212\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Undistributed\/(Overdistributed) Net Investment Income<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n
Per Share (c)<\/td>\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(0.06\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(0.04\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n\n

\n$\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n(0.05\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

\nFootnotes:\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n(a)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nNAVs are calculated as of the close of business on the last business day in the periods indicated above.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n(b)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nFor the quarter indicated.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n(c)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\nAs of the date indicated above.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

\nThis financial data is unaudited.\n<\/p>\n

The Fund files its semi-annual and annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (\u201cSEC\u201d), as well as its complete <\/span>schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. <\/span>These reports are available on the SEC\u2019s website at www.sec.gov<\/a>. To obtain information on Forms N-PORT or a <\/span>semi-annual or annual report from the Fund, shareholders can call 1-888-777-0102<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nWestern Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc., a diversified, closed-end management investment company, which is advised by Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC (\u201cFTFA\u201d) and subadvised by Western Asset Management Company, LLC (\u201cWestern Asset\u201d). FTFA and Western Asset are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (\u201cFranklin Resources\u201d).\n<\/p>\n

\nFor more information about the Fund, please call 1-888-777-0102 or consult the Fund\u2019s web site at www.franklintempleton.com\/investments\/options\/closed-end-funds<\/a>. Hard copies of the Fund\u2019s complete audited financial statements are available free of charge upon request.\n<\/p>\n

\nData and commentary provided in this press release are for informational purposes only. Franklin Resources and its affiliates do not engage in selling shares of the Fund.\n<\/p>\n

\nCategory: Financials\n<\/p>\n

\nSource: Franklin Resources, Inc.\n<\/p>\n

\nSource: Legg Mason Closed End Funds\n<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span>https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250218831943\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\nInvestor Contact: Fund Investor Services 1-888-777-0102\n<\/p>\n

KEYWORDS:<\/b> United States North America New York<\/p>\n

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Banking Professional Services Finance<\/p>\n

MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HIO) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2024. Current Q Previous Q Prior Yr Q December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Total Net Assets $ 389,684,290 \u00a0 $ 402,348,215 \u00a0 $ 409,551,878 \u00a0 NAV Per Share of Common Stock (a) $ 4.10 \u00a0 $ 4.23 \u00a0 $ 4.31 \u00a0 Market Price Per Share $ 3.93 \u00a0 $ 4.05 \u00a0 $ 3.86 \u00a0 Premium \/ (Discount) \u00a0 (4.15 )% \u00a0 (4.26 )% \u00a0 (10.44 )% Outstanding Shares \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWestern Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HIO) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2024. Current Q Previous Q Prior Yr Q December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Total Net Assets $ 389,684,290 \u00a0 $ 402,348,215 \u00a0 $ 409,551,878 \u00a0 NAV Per Share of Common Stock (a) $ 4.10 \u00a0 $ 4.23 \u00a0 $ 4.31 \u00a0 Market Price Per Share $ 3.93 \u00a0 $ 4.05 \u00a0 $ 3.86 \u00a0 Premium \/ (Discount) \u00a0 (4.15 )% \u00a0 (4.26 )% \u00a0 (10.44 )% Outstanding Shares \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 … Continue reading "Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-18T13:05:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"headline\":\"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-18T13:05:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 - Market Newsdesk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-18T13:05:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Market Newsdesk\",\"description\":\"Latest Business News in Real Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\",\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Newsdesk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/newsdesk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 - Market Newsdesk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 - Market Newsdesk","og_description":"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HIO) today announced the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2024. Current Q Previous Q Prior Yr Q December 31, 2024 September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Total Net Assets $ 389,684,290 \u00a0 $ 402,348,215 \u00a0 $ 409,551,878 \u00a0 NAV Per Share of Common Stock (a) $ 4.10 \u00a0 $ 4.23 \u00a0 $ 4.31 \u00a0 Market Price Per Share $ 3.93 \u00a0 $ 4.05 \u00a0 $ 3.86 \u00a0 Premium \/ (Discount) \u00a0 (4.15 )% \u00a0 (4.26 )% \u00a0 (10.44 )% Outstanding Shares \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 \u00a0 95,099,215 \u00a0 … Continue reading \"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/","og_site_name":"Market Newsdesk","article_published_time":"2025-02-18T13:05:36+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Newsdesk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsdesk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsdesk","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"headline":"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024","datePublished":"2025-02-18T13:05:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/"},"wordCount":418,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/","name":"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024 - Market Newsdesk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","datePublished":"2025-02-18T13:05:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20250218831943r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/western-asset-high-income-opportunity-fund-inc-announces-financial-position-as-of-december-31-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of December 31, 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/","name":"Market Newsdesk","description":"Latest Business News in Real Time","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979","name":"Newsdesk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Newsdesk"},"url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/author\/newsdesk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}