iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) Shares Bought by LPL Financial LLC

LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZGet Rating) by 113.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 139,550 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 74,271 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC owned 0.08% of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF worth $3,903,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Jane Street Group LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 582.0% in the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 14,038,457 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $415,960,000 after buying an additional 11,980,057 shares during the period. City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. grew its position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 699.4% in the first quarter. City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. now owns 2,604,980 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $98,585,000 after acquiring an additional 2,279,121 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 21.9% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 3,942,282 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $110,266,000 after purchasing an additional 708,555 shares during the period. Barclays PLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 22.5% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 3,582,782 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $106,157,000 after purchasing an additional 657,246 shares during the period. Finally, Prudential PLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 33.2% during the third quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 2,422,521 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $71,780,000 after purchasing an additional 603,794 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Trading Up 1.4 %

EWZ opened at $29.99 on Thursday. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a twelve month low of $25.00 and a twelve month high of $35.92. The firm has a market cap of $4.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.86 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $27.77 and a 200 day simple moving average of $28.68.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Profile

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iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index).

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