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Encompass Health Corp. (EHC) approved an increase in the Company's quarterly dividend of 8% and declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.27 per share, payable on Oct. 15, 2018, to holders of record on Oct. 1, 2018.

Hexcel Corporation (HXL) has approved a 20 percent increase in the Company's quarterly cash dividend rate (from $0.125 to $0.15 per common share). The dividend declared today is payable on August 10, 2018 to stockholders of record as of August 3, 2018.

Merck (MRK) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share of the company's common stock for the fourth quarter of 2018. Payment will be made on October 5, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 17, 2018.

Exelon Corporation declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.345 per share on Exelon's common stock. The dividend is payable on Sept. 10, 2018, to shareholders of record of Exelon as of 5 p.m. New York time on Aug. 15, 2018.

American Electric Power today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 62 cents a share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable Sept. 10, 2018, to shareholders of record as of Aug. 10, 2018, and is the company's 433rd consecutive quarterly common stock cash dividend.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.