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Sempra Energy (SRE) announced that its board of directors has approved an approximate 9-percent increase in the dividend on shares of the company's common stock to $3.58 per share, on an annualized basis, from $3.29 per share.

Albemarle Corporation (ALB) announces that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.335 per share, an increase of nearly 5% over the previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. The dividend, which has a new annualized rate of $1.34, is payable April 2, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business as of March 15, 2018.

Cimarex Energy (XEC) has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.16 per share. This represents a 100 percent increase in the company's quarterly dividend, restoring the amount paid to the previous annualized payout of $0.64 per share. The dividend is payable on June 1, 2018, to stockholders of record on May 15, 2018.

Aetna (AET) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on April 27, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 12, 2018.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.