UTC ups 4Q dividend 10 percent

Citing confidence in its portfolio, strategy and leadership team, Hartford’s United Technologies Corp. said it’s raised its fourth-quarter dividend by 10 percent.

The 58.9-cents-per-share payment is slated for Nov. 15. UTC shares were trading up 1.9 percent at $104.78 today at 9:42 a.m.

UTC said it has paid dividends every year since 1936.