Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (BND)
After hours:
| Previous close | 70.73 |
| Open | 70.52 |
| Bid | 70.55 x 100 |
| Ask | 70.56 x 1500 |
| Day's range | 70.42 - 70.61 |
| 52-week range | 67.99 - 74.38 |
| Volume | |
| Avg. volume | 8,369,483 |
| Net assets | 318.98B |
| NAV | 70.77 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | N/A |
| Yield | 3.23% |
| YTD daily total return | -3.00% |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 0.99 |
| Expense ratio (net) | 0.01% |
| Inception date | 2016-06-24 |
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