Wall St. Watchdog reveals information about today’s market action in high dividend equities:

Gainers (%price change)

NiSource Inc (NYSE:NI):

The shares closed at $23.16, up $0.63, or 2.8%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 4.08, its payout ratio is 86.8 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/01/25.

Weyerhaeuser Co (NYSE:WY):

The shares closed at $20.22, up $0.36, or 1.81%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 3.02, its payout ratio is 664.68 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/03/01.

MeadWestvaco Corp (NYSE:MWV):

The shares closed at $30.95, up $0.34, or 1.11%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 3.27, its payout ratio is 61.83 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/02/07.

Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE:SE):

The shares closed at $31.03, up $0.34, or 1.11%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 3.45, its payout ratio is 62.32 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/02/08.

M&T Bank Corp (NYSE:MTB):

The shares closed at $82.34, up $0.89, or 1.09%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 3.44, its payout ratio is 48.21 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/02/24.

Losers (%price change)

SUPERVALU Inc (NYSE:SVU):

The shares closed at $7.04, down $0.27, or 3.69%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 4.82 and its ex-date is 2012/02/28.

TECO Energy Inc (NYSE:TE):

The shares closed at $18.6, down $0.57, or 2.97%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 4.43, its payout ratio is 73.1 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/02/10.

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM):

The shares closed at $35.92, down $0.93, or 2.52%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 2.71, its payout ratio is 4.99 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/01/04.

Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC):

The shares closed at $25.14, down $0.61, or 2.37%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 3.04, its payout ratio is 30.56 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/02/06.

Federated Investors Inc (NYSE:FII):

The shares closed at $17.26, down $0.4, or 2.27%, on the day. Its dividend yield is 5.44, its payout ratio is 127.68 and its ex-dividend date is 2012/02/08.

To contact the reporter on this story: Stella Mariz at staff.writers@wallstcheatsheet.com

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Damien Hoffman at editors@wallstcheatsheet.com

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