iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (NYSEARCA:EWU – Get Rating) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Traders purchased 8,316 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 218% compared to the typical daily volume of 2,616 call options.
Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF
A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 8,306 shares of the company’s stock worth $255,000 after buying an additional 356 shares in the last quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 35.1% during the 4th quarter. Massmutual Trust Co. FSB ADV now owns 1,378 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 358 shares in the last quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich raised its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 31,706 shares of the company’s stock valued at $972,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the period. Spire Wealth Management raised its stake in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 152.9% in the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the period. Finally, Moors & Cabot Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 11,185 shares of the company’s stock valued at $376,000 after buying an additional 505 shares in the last quarter.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Stock Down 1.3 %
EWU stock opened at $33.42 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has a fifty-two week low of $25.36 and a fifty-two week high of $33.86. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $32.43 and its 200 day simple moving average is $31.18. The stock has a market cap of $3.23 billion, a PE ratio of 13.02 and a beta of 0.83.
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF Company Profile
The iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI United Kingdom index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of British companies. It covers the top 85% of British companies by market cap. EWU was launched on Mar 12, 1996 and is managed by BlackRock.
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