BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock Inc The fund is comanaged by BlackRock Advisors LLC and BlackRock International Limited It invests in public equity markets across the globe excluding the United States The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors It invests in stocks of companies across all market capitalizations The fund also invests through the use of derivatives with an emphasis on options writing It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the SP Global exUS Broad Market Index The fund was formerly known as BlackRock International Growth and Income Trust BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust was formed on May 30 2007 and is domiciled in the United States