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Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (NYSE:TNP) commences trading ex-dividend

Boston, MA 05/28/2013 (wallstreetpr) – In Friday’s trading session, Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (NYSE:TNP) rose by 18.10%. It opened at $4.84 per share, touched an intraday high of $5.21 and dropped down to close at $4.67 per share. More than 2.45 million shares were traded in Friday’s trading session. This number stood above the average volume of 0.366 million that was measured over a 30-day period.

Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (NYSE:TNP) will commence trading ex-dividend, on 28 May 2013. A $0.05 per share, cash dividend payment is slated to be paid on 5 June 2013. Shareholders who have purchased the company stock before the ex-dividend date will be eligible for this cash dividend payment. This indicates an -66.67% drop from the same period, a year ago. The last trading day’s last sale of Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (NYSE:TNP) was $4.2, which was a -33.23% drop from the 52-week high of $6.29. There was a 38.16% increase above the 52-week low of $3.04. TNP is a segment of the Transportation sector. This includes companies like Carnival Plc ADS and General Dynamics Corporation. The company’s current earnings per share, which is an indicator of any company’s profitability, is -$.9.

Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (NYSE:TNP) is a company that provides international seaborne petroleum and crude oil transportation services. As of 31 March 2012, the company operated an impressive fleet of 48 modern, crude oil carriers as well as petroleum product-tankers. These provide world-wide marine transportation services for major, national and other independent refiners and oil companies under short-term medium and long-term charters.