Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 13,281 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $842,000.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 10,093.7% in the 4th quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 2,574,107 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $145,386,000 after acquiring an additional 2,548,855 shares during the period. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 97,913.0% in the 2nd quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 2,069,054 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $131,137,000 after acquiring an additional 2,066,943 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 129.2% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $99,087,000 after acquiring an additional 988,955 shares during the period. OLD Mission Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $54,857,000. Finally, BlackRock Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 84.2% in the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,750,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $124,683,000 after acquiring an additional 800,235 shares during the period.
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Down 2.2 %
Shares of NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $55.15 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $60.29 and a 200-day moving average of $62.51. The firm has a market cap of $3.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.39 and a beta of 1.05. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a twelve month low of $51.16 and a twelve month high of $67.95.
iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile
iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange.
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